Gautam Gambhir Quotes

Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does.

I'm the kind of person who, if I can't get something right, I get quite frustrated with myself.

Over the course of six amateur fights and two professional fights I learned a lot about how to get things done, how to pick myself up after disappointment, how to work through frustration and how to process moments of success.

Since I was little, I've always put a lot of pressure on myself.

I've tried to be a better person... I've tried, and tried and tried! You know how hard I've tried! Tell me how I've tried..." "Nice try... Five cents, please!

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

I heat myself up over the fact that I am never going to be as good as I want to be.

I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.

I'm gonna have to develop myself. I'm just going to do the best that I can do.

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'

It frustrates me if I'm not good at something, so I do it until I get good at it.

I never worried about topping myself.

My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.

One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of inadequacy. But this is not anxiety without a purpose. No, this anxiety keeps me humble. It creates a healthy tension that serves as the catalyst that drives me to fulfill my limited potential.

These were the moments when I was disappointed and frustrated, when I got so low because it seemed all my hard work had been wasted. But the moments passed, and the motivation to go back to rehab was there again.

You don't get there the easy way. If you feel sorry for yourself, and you let yourself go down, you will drown.

I was tough on myself when I didn't finish off a tournament right.

Confidence definitely did not get me here! More of, like, desperation.

When I got dropped for the World Cup, there were times I didn't want to play anymore. I didn't want to practise. I couldn't motivate myself. Then I said, 'Look what are the options?' Cricket is the only option. Whether I play happily or sadly, it's still all I have. There are not a lot of things I am good at.

I let football drive me crazy. If we lost, I would shut myself away for two or three days, not sleeping, torturing myself about what I did.