Shashi Tharoor Quotes

It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

When I was in school, sport was given utmost importance. I think it's fantastic for character building, for team playing, and I think it's a great profile for a nation. One in every six people on Earth is an Indian, and I look forward to the day when we can compete with the heavyweights of the sporting world and do well in the medal tally.

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.

The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.

I don't know how many great Brazilians have played in the Olympics and not been able to win it.

We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics.

The Olympic Games are the greatest sporting event in the world.

I want to become double Olympic champion, triple Olympic champion, five-time world medallist.

The quality of competitors abroad really pushes your timings, something that's tough to replicate in the country.

If you take Haryana out of India, you'll lose 80% of your best sportspersons.

It's crazy because it's a British record and a personal best, but I wanted that 2 m. I cleared the 1.97 m. first attempt with space, so I think I could have done a little better.

People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.

A competitive HIL means that India will be able to field a stronger team in the international tournaments.

It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets. Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn't ever get any better.

I had a little bit of expectations just to be not terrible, because you can't be named so similar to a sport and not be at least adequate at that sport. I don't think there's been expectations to be really good, because my parents never put that kind of pressure on me, but I had to be at least decent.

I think it's when I won the Youth Olympics I thought, 'I can really get gold in London.'

You need a little bit of experience to do well in the Olympics.

If someone said at the end of 2016 that I'd be ranked No.1 in England, have three titles and be ranked top ten in the world at the end of 2017, I would have said probably not.

Unless you are a good bowler, you won't be in the India A side.

To have five brothers be successful in sports is awesome.

We are training as hard as all athletes in other countries.

I will try hard to win more medals for the country and make India proud.

If you are in your sport for your country, you should be able to go to the Olympic Games and represent your sport for your country bringing people together in the interests of sport. It's a fantastic Olympic ideal, and I uphold it as much as I can.

I want to have records on the field and do things on the field. That's what this is about.