Quotes from P. T. Usha

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

An Olympic medal in athletics is still a dream for India. Milkha Singh is the torchbearer for young athletes to achieve that goal.

My dream is to see an Indian with a gold medal in athletics in the Olympics.

There will be no one like me in the history of Olympics, someone who competed in an Olympic final with one international meet.

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.

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.

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.

Our actions, behavior, speech and for that matter anything that we do should strictly comply with our culture.

During our time, we used to go to school at the age of six.

I was a vegetarian who would eat fish.

While I was studying in class V, my school's PT teacher happened to make me run alongside the current sub-district champion from our school. I came first - that was when my ability was identified.

If you have speed you need not be only in athletics, you can choose any other discipline.

Although I am training 12-year-olds at my School of Athletics, they will hit the track only after three or four years.

It's important for schools to encourage sports.

Kerala is doing well because here the kids are encouraged to compete in sports, both by parents and teachers in schools.

I always believe that speed is the essence for any sport.

I wanted to give everything that I lacked in my childhood to young children of my village. I had only talent but no scientific training, facilities or infrastructure to help.

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.