P. V. Sindhu Quotes

I'm really proud of my coaches and the people I have training with me.

Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.

Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

Everybody who's been successful has gotten lots of help and input from many, many people.

The coaches that I have have done an incredible job with me, obviously the stuff we work on on the court.

My success has a lot to do with Mischa. He was the one who always used to practise with me when I was little, when I was a junior.

I ain't get the opportunity to get coached until being a star.

Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as an athlete.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

A lot of guys, especially the young guys, I try to do anything I can for them - on the field, off the field, anything.

I was always blessed growing up with opportunities and access to facilities, equipment, and playing with my brothers in the backyard to be the best athlete I could be.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.

I know that nobody can become a star without a team.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.

Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.

I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that.

Sport was an integral part of school life. The most influential teachers were not necessarily the PE teachers, but the teachers who helped me in sport because they had an understanding of what you were going through.

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

The players are out here to help win games and to improve, not to make a movie. They're not actors. They're players.

I am there for the athletes I coach.

If I had coached in high school for 60 years, I would have loved it. Getting to the top was not a goal. I welcomed the opportunities, but I just believed do the best doggone job you can, and good things will happen.