Quotes from Rahul Dev

Padam Kumar is a technically sound director, very contemporary.

Sure, I have been a part of many Telugu movies, but I got those films because of my Hindi movies.

People get inspired by Salman Khan, Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger. But, body sculpting is a gradual progression.

I was nominated as one of the most promising entrepreneurs by a business magazine a long time back. I worked in Telco way back in 1993 and then started my leather business.

I think you should love your body. Train it properly because the result is always amazing.

I was the first Indian to be featured in the London edition of 'GQ' magazine and it was a six page story.

Sculpting a body is different from fitness.

Kids have a tendency to switch off if their parents are multitasking.

I wanted to pursue my passion for cricket, but after school, I got into an engineering college.

After a level, it does not matter if you are capable to do 100 push-ups, but how to take action in a do-or-die situation - saving your country while on mission.

My fitness approach and philosophy are based on day-to-day functionalities. These functions are bending, lifting, lunging, pulling, pushing and squatting.

I am a fitness freak.

In many households today, the woman is also a bread winner and with this financial independence comes the power of making choices.

I eat everything but in the right quantity.

One of the biggest lessons I've learnt is patience. It's critical when raising a child.

I would wonder why I was gaining weight even after playing and exercising so much. It was only after I grew up that I got to know that the paranthas were called baldaar because of the amount of cream and ghee that went into making them.

You can never write off a good actor, look at Arshad Warsi, one 'Munna Bhai' and he's back in business.

There is immense pressure of being caught in the rat race. At such times, I'm glad I have just one child.

Everyone starts from a raw stage at some point of time.

Only the filmmakers need to realise your potential.

I am so tied up with my Bollywood projects that I have no time for fashion shows.

My heroes were people like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I can't imagine my life without a fitness regime and enjoy motivating others about the same.

I have a sweet tooth and I gorge into lots of chocolates. I just love them. I have a liking for coffee too.