Real fun is in a real challenge.
VIRAT KOHLIReal fun is in a real challenge.
VIRAT KOHLIOn 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.
VIRAT KOHLII am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
VIRAT KOHLIIt undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.
VIRAT KOHLII don’t really read a lot of newspapers. I don’t pay attention to what is being said or written about me. I’ve had lots of experiences in the past when I got too much into it. That sort of diverts your focus.
VIRAT KOHLIIt 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 KOHLII feel only my friends and family need to know what is happening in my personal life.
VIRAT KOHLII love playing under pressure. In fact, if there’s no pressure, then I’m not in the perfect zone.
VIRAT KOHLII 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 KOHLIYou have to stay fresh and blank in your mind when you go out to bat. You complicate things, and you’re gone.
VIRAT KOHLII want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.
VIRAT KOHLINever at any point did I feel like missing a training session. I was very keen on improving as a cricketer and as an international player.
VIRAT KOHLIThe first thing I look forward to when I am in Delhi is to spend some time with my family. It’s always lovely coming back here and playing in front of my own people. It’s just a special place.
VIRAT KOHLII 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.’
VIRAT KOHLINothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career – which is very short.
VIRAT KOHLIProbably 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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