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.
VIRAT KOHLIIrrespective 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.
More Virat Kohli Quotes
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Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career – which is very short.
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There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against – Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.
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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.
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I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there’s no pressure, then I’m not in the perfect zone.
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When you absolutely love what you do, everything just flows.
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Whatever I am, it’s natural. I don’t have to pretend to be aggressive, don’t have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.
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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 feel only my friends and family need to know what is happening in my personal life.
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I’m not someone who sits at home and doesn’t like to go out, doesn’t like to watch movies. I like to live my life.
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One of us wins, all of us win. Am I right?
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When you’re having fun, each moment becomes magical
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I’ve had a fan who made a painting of my face with her fingers. I have put it up in my room. It was sweet and very different.
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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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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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As a sportsperson, the best thing is people recognising you and loving you for what you do. For me, glamour is 100 people in the hotel feeling happy to see you.
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Becoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.
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You have to stay fresh and blank in your mind when you go out to bat. You complicate things, and you’re gone.
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I wasn’t very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.
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Loyalty above everything.
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I delayed my father’s funeral because of cricket.
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Probably because I’m from a middle class family, I have that nature in me that I don’t get too excited with big things.
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I support Real Madrid. I’m a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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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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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 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 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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