P. V. Sindhu Quotes

One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

What I really wanted was to perform. So if it took four world titles or one Olympic medal, I just wanted so badly to be able to perform. So it doesn't hinder me sleeping at night that I don't have an Olympic medal.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience.

After the 2013 World Championships, I had three goals for the Olympics: to swim 3:56 or better in the 400-meter freestyle, break 8:05 in the 800, and win gold in the 200. I achieved all of those, and soon, it will be time to set some new goals.

My performances are getting people's attention, that's what I'm looking for.

If my performance down the stretch lands me on the All-NBA, which I think I'm deserving of, then so be it. I'll be happy.

I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

I was getting up on stage and taking a bow as soon as I could stand.

Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.

Succeeding, being on TV, being a professional, I was proud of myself, I was happy.

I used to feel famous, but now I feel successful.

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

I had more pressure when I competed in Moscow. I had no pressure in Montreal because I only went to do my routines and hoping I didn't mess it up when I was on the bar. When I came back, 10,000 people were at the airport and I thought, 'Why?' because, in my mind, I hadn't done anything different from what I used to do in my gym.

Fame isn't happiness, but success and being respected in your craft is worth fighting for. You've got to work hard to be noticed.

It's real great to be known on TV. I had the opportunity to do something that I always wanted to do, and now I have done it.

I never dreamed that I would be autographing Playbills.

I still really haven't sat down and said 'yeah, I'm ranked No. 1 in the world and I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist.' It just hasn't hit me.

I'm one win away from being a superstar.

Success and singing is not synonymous.

We just want to be No. 1. Is there a problem with that? Can I be the best? Can y'all watch me be great? Will y'all allow me to do that?

Everyone has their own traits but if you are being compared to players like Rio Ferdinand then you must be doing something well and hopefully I can keep that going.