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 KOHLIDuring my school days, I was doing a play, and my costume fell on the stage. I really wish it didn’t happen.
More Virat Kohli Quotes
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I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.
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Border’ was the first movie that I watched on the big screen. It always takes me back to my childhood.
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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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When you absolutely love what you do, everything just flows.
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The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That’s what I enjoy now.
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I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
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I’m not a nerd, don’t plan to be a nerd and read books – which I can’t do at all.
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I wasn’t sure of the exact mindset you should have when you go into a Test match. So I probably became too defensive when I played my first Test match. Short balls in one-day cricket, I have never thought of just defending.
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On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.
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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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I believe that fairness creams protect the skin against the harsh effects of the sun.
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In T20, you don’t have time to get distracted – it’s so quick, you have to run around in the field, and while batting, you don’t actually think about anything else.
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Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.
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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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My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don’t really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.
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