It was a personal decision for me to stand and say that cricket is all I have in life, there’s nothing I need to do other than cricket. If I want to achieve whatever I thought as a kid, I need to work hard and not let it go to waste.
VIRAT KOHLISelf-belief and hard work will always earn you success.
More Virat Kohli Quotes
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I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn’t divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.
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I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.
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As a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.
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You just feel a little odd when you don’t get your kind of food. Fortunately, there are Indian restaurants all over the world.
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I delayed my father’s funeral because of cricket.
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I believe that fairness creams protect the skin against the harsh effects of the sun.
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People from North India are generally known to be aggressive and emotional.
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No cricket team in the world depends on one or two players. The team always plays to win.
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I like to be myself, and I don’t pretend. For instance, I don’t dress up for occasions; I am what I am.
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I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.
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One of us wins, all of us win. Am I right?
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I don’t think there is anything wrong in earning money from the sport you love. If you work hard and get benefits from it, there is no harm. The day you feel that you are not working hard and are only looking at the benefits, that’s where the problem is.
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My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.
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I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It’s my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: ‘Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.’
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Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.
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