I don't want to live on my past performances and say that I did well then.

When you play for your country, you remember all your performances, starting from the Under-19 days.

Competition is always good.

I used to be short-tempered on the field when it came to winning or losing.

Most of the time my own family feels like I don't need anything, I'm tough as nails and I don't have any feelings about anything. They really think that I'm this super tough person. I have a tough exterior, but I get upset. I have feelings and all those things. I wear my heart on my sleeve.

My mother used to say that when I told her that I wanted to be an artist, her famous line was, 'The only artists I've ever heard of are dead.' It just wasn't in her experience... I don't think she had a sense that one could be an artist, because there wasn't anyone in my family who had done that.

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.

If you are a part of a family, that family does not treat you badly when you are down, it supports you to revive.