I was eleven and I wanted to play it because it was in my blood. It was a feeling I couldn't deny.
No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
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.