Quotes from Milind Soman

Running for me is self-exploration.

At 50, you have learnt to accept yourself, and that helps you also understand and accept your partner better.

I want to work with people who have new visions of cinema.

I don't have a pattern in my life. That makes me a great boyfriend because it's exciting. But I may not make a great husband.

I don't like waking up early.

I don't eat refined white sugar. If I want to eat something sweet it needs to be made with jaggery or honey, so no chemicals.

What we call endurance sport today, we've been doing for centuries with pilgrimages, walking across the earth towards some goal, which is not all-important, because it's the journey that matters.

I identify myself as a explorer, do new things, surprise myself.

I accept roles which are challenging and surprise me, inducing hard work and thinking. Such opportunities are few and far between but when they come I grab them.

If somebody is excited to cast me in a character that is surprising even for me to play, that is something I'll be looking for.

I eat pizza and I don't need to run it off. I just have fantastic metabolism.

I started event managing as my first career which I started in 1989, and that was the first year when I started modelling as well, so every time I start something new it is because of an interest that I have and then that interest becomes sustainable and doable.

The kind of encouragement I had as a child to continue sports was brilliant. Like any other family, my people asked me to stress more on studies rather than swimming. But, my mother said 'He enjoys it and should balance both studies and sports.'

As you grow older, your body does become weaker, but your mind becomes stronger. You understand and accept yourself.

Every political party, rotary club, every college, school, all organisations organise running events. This is something that ignites the aspirations of people.

If you convince your mind that you can't give up then your body will automatically follow.

Women don't think they need to exercise or run. They have a million excuses for why they don't have the time; they've got children at home, puja to attend to, breakfast to prepare and so on.

I want all the aspiring models out there to know that it's definitely not just a pretty face that matters!

It is very important for women to stay fit. They rule our world. They rule our family. If they won't be healthy, then it will affect all of us. However, health is never their priority. They will do everything to keep their family members healthy but neglect their own health.

The kind of freshness that newcomers have is something that you can learn from. As you grow, a certain staleness creeps in your technique. But when you see someone with no experience at all doing a scene, you can learn from that.

I began with 'A Mouthful Of Sky' and I enjoyed that a lot. So, when I started getting offers for Hindi television, I jumped at the opportunity to do 'Margerita' and 'Captain Vyom.'

I constantly want to see what level of fitness I am at.

Fitness is something that you can aspire for in terms of levels of achievements.

I haven't been to the gym since 1998. I simply do push-ups and pull-ups, and I run. That's all.