P. T. Usha Quotes

P. T. Usha

Profession : Athlete

Birth : June 27, 1964

Records are meant to be broken and they should be broken, but fairly.

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There is no dearth of talent in India, but there is no encouragement and facilities to train.

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In my opinion happiness is nothing but satisfaction - satisfaction through work, thoughts and accomplishing our mission and vision.

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I was traveling from Calicut to Patiala and was tired. I got several calls and then came to know that Milkha Singh had passed away. I felt very bad because we have lost Milkha ji.

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It was those medals I won at Kottayam that gave me the confidence to dream it big in athletics.

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When I passed 7th standard, govt. of Kerala announced a separate sports school for aspiring young girls. During the selection trials, I stood first in district level as well as state level.

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I used to train on the beach when I went home.

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Unlike cricket or tennis, athletics receive no money and so it remains a poor man's sport.

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Without Nambiar sir's guidance I would not have been able to achieve what I did for the country.

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No one had told us that in L.A. we would get only American food. I had no choice but to eat rice porridge without any nutrition supplement, and that definitely affected my performance in the last 35 meters of my event since I couldn't sustain the energy level.

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My parents provided me the best they could, if not more. I was even provided goat milk by my parents.

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The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.

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After winning a medal, many athletes give up and go into oblivion, the reason being lack of encouragement.

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Medal in Olympics is not small thing. There is a need to develop sportsperson especially athletes from the grass-root level to win medal in Olympics. The athletes should start to develop from the school level.

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Money cannot buy the self-actualization of one's feelings.

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I think javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has a good chance of winning a medal at the Paris Olympics.

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For one thing, I would like to see some new faces in all sports associations. Often you have the same people controlling a sport. They may change their designations or they may be controlling affairs from behind the curtain even when they don't have any role officially.

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An athlete is responsible whatever she takes - be it food supplement or whatever.

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After my first track event, sports became my life.

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In international meets, like the Olympics and Asian Games, drug tests are mandatory. When everything is in place, then only will the records be ratified. I am not saying that people are taking drugs. Everybody knows what things are going on on the field. I know; everybody knows what's going on.

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