My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I dont, I learn from the match and move on.

I want to be the best, it's not about the ranking, it's about being consistent.

Once you are satisfied with your goal, it is the real happiness.

I cannot believe there is caste system in society; I cannot believe people are judged on the basis of their prosperity.

Rankings are not so important. I am only focused on winning tournaments.

I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.

Badminton is not as glamorous as cricket.

My hero is Roger Federer.

I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.

I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.

After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.

Now that I think I know what I'm doing, I'm scared. Before this, I just didn't know any better.

The importance of awakening to our evolutionary origins is paramount because irrational ideas about “who we are” fuel our sense of separateness

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.

Our contemporary Tories prefer the term 'ordered liberty' to 'freedom'. The word 'freedom' scares them; it has too much of a paleolithic ring to it.

The bravest soldiers aren't unafraid, but they're the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage.

President Obama’s approval ratings are so low now, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the United States.

I feel amazing. In my life right now, I have so much motivation. I am so hungry and so determined... I am young, I am healthy and I feel great - 42 is the new 32.

Half of art is accident, but there is no accident without free experiment.

All of US sometimes feel that one of the most difficult things in the world is to talk to US about US in an effort to help US.

Work earnestly at anything, you will by degrees learn to work at all things.