Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by P. T. Usha
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
During my stay in Pakistan, those people who love sports extended their happiness and good wishes to our Indian side.
There will be no one like me in the history of Olympics, someone who competed in an Olympic final with one international meet.
If you win even one tournament or medal, people can think they have become big.
I was part of the Indian contingent that went to Karachi for an invitational meet, before the Moscow Olympics of 1980 and I was taking B-Complex in liquid form, as advised by Dr. P.M.K. Nambiar, a cardiac specialist based in Kannur.
During the time of Olympics I felt very lonely. Nobody was there at my side, to guide me or attend to my needs. In the Olympic village I had to travel alone up to the mess and competition ground as well as to the practice ground.
In my opinion happiness is nothing but satisfaction - satisfaction through work, thoughts and accomplishing our mission and vision.
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.
U.S. and Russia - both coach their athletes from the grassroots level on and provide scientific training.
I always believe that speed is the essence for any sport.
My parents provided me the best they could, if not more. I was even provided goat milk by my parents.
Before going to the L.A. Olympics, I had participated in only two competitions in 400m hurdles. Yet I came close to a medal. So if your mind is strong, you can achieve anything.
After a long day at school, sports will help them rejuvenate their system. Especially in the digital era, where almost every kid uses a smartphone.
For a sport like javelin throw, only if you're physically there watching it from up close, will you get the feel of it.
I fear human beings, because we cannot predict the swings of a human being. They are capable of doing anything. I really fear that.
Every day, I get four-five calls from filmmakers across the world. They all want to make a movie on my life and journey, but every time, I say no.
Our actions, behavior, speech and for that matter anything that we do should strictly comply with our culture.
If the mind says the injury is nothing, it will mean nothing. If the mind says competitions are nothing, it will mean nothing.
If life could come back, if I could roll back the years, I would like to relive my most cherished moment, the Los Angeles Olympics.
I think javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has a good chance of winning a medal at the Paris Olympics.
After a hard training day, I used to massage myself. That meant recovery was slow.
I would like to make it clear that there were no solid offers to train abroad.
Kerala is doing well because here the kids are encouraged to compete in sports, both by parents and teachers in schools.
The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.
An athlete is responsible whatever she takes - be it food supplement or whatever.
Money cannot buy the self-actualization of one's feelings.
Two decades in athletics is a long time in sports.
There is so much of politics in sport that I sometimes wonder how did I survive for such a long time.
The country has to identify and promote raw talent. I have full faith that India will win Olympic gold in athletics sooner than later.
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.
'Khelo' Games is certainly a good idea. I am happy to see that the government is trying to do something to improve sports at the grass-roots level and that lots of money is being spent on it.
Nobody talks about my contribution to the sport. Nobody talks about the 101 medals I have won in my 20-year career. Nobody talks about the efforts I made to attain those heights.
When I was a trainee at Kannur Sports School at the age of 13, my coach Nambiar sir used to tell us a lot of things about Milkha Singh - his achievements, lack of nervousness on the track, and a lot of fun stories about him.
Body is a God-gift.
If you want to be an engineer, doctor or scientist in today's world, you need athletic ability in the body and mind.
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.
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.
Rather than missing the medal, the overall message from across the Indian contingent was my effort proved that we can win an Olympic medal.
All what I aimed for, except the Olympic medal, I achieved. That's why I want to start the Usha School of Athletics. I missed an Olympic medal, now I want to ensure that one of my students wins one!
I used to train on the beach when I went home.
When sports gets involved with petty politics from authorities and co-athletes, it becomes a nasty game.
Winning the 400 meters gold at the pre-Olympics gave me a little confidence. I thought I could win a medal if I tried.
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.
It got injured in 1995 and was operated upon once.
Misery and sorrow, I don't want to have anything to do with them. I always want to be happy and cheerful.
My life has actually been full of challenges and painful moments - but I tried to bury such circumstances and work with complete dedication.
Ours is a country with diversified culture and centuries-old tradition, which have to be preserved at any cost.
I believe it's an honor for me wherever I go in and around the country people still identify me and love me so much.
The biggest problem with the national sports awards in India is that the selection committee which the government appoints every year does not have any real powers.
My stride is perfect for 15 steps till I cross the seventh hurdle when I switch to 17 steps.
I have won so many awards including the Padma Shri and Arjuna Award. But all these awards do not carry the kind of prestige they did once.
During our time, we used to go to school at the age of six.
The only realistic offer came from Nebraska University who offered me a scholarship to be a physical education director. What will a 24-year-old do with that? Retire and study?
There are many incidents in which I have seen and experienced cheap politics.
In the '80s, there was this talk about a thrower whose urine was sent for testing after a meet and it tested positive for pregnancy! Apparently, his urine was replaced with that of a female nurse at the clinic. I don't know if the story was true, but in those primitive days of dope testing India, you could not have laughed it off.
It's important for schools to encourage sports.
When you compete with better athletes, you also get better.
International Amateur Atheletic Federation had selected me in 1985 and 1986 as one of the best eight athletes in the world.
After my first track event, sports became my life.
At the 1985 Asian Track and Field meet in Jakarta, where I won five golds and a bronze, I was taken for testing after every race, which reduced my recovery time considerably; otherwise I could have performed even better.
My dream is to see an Indian with a gold medal in athletics in the Olympics.
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