I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there’s no pressure, then I’m not in the perfect zone.
VIRAT KOHLIAs 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.
More Virat Kohli Quotes
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Tough game but happy to be on the winning side.
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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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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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One of us wins, all of us win. Am I right?
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Keep your head down and keep working
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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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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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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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Becoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.
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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 very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.
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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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The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.
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Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career – which is very short.
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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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Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.
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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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I really want a movie made on Sachin Tendulkar’s life. That is something I’m looking forward to. There will be so much emotion to that movie.
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I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don’t like to be hassled.
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I support Real Madrid. I’m a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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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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There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against – Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.
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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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In the end, it’s you who you have to answer to.
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Work never stops.
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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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