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“You can achieve anything in life. It just depends on how desperate you are to achieve it.”

Milkha Singh

The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)

“I was moved to tears by the thought that from being nobody the night before, I had become somebody.”

Milkha Singh

While at the EME Army center in 1951 in the cross country race he was declared 6 in the top 10 who among the 500 who ran. Quoted in ‘Flying Sikh' takes a nostalgic jog down memory lane, 6 April 2012, 13 December 2013, The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/flying-sikh-takes-a-nostalgic-jog-down-memory-lane/article3285904.ece,

“When I reflect upon my life, I can clearly see how my passion for running has dominated my life. The images that flash through my mind are those running…. running…running…”

Milkha Singh

The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)

“Sprinting from one shady patch to another to escape the blistering heat of the sun on my journey to school
Felling the massacre on that fearsome night when most of my family was slaughtered
racing trains for fun
outrunning the police when I was caught stealing in Shahdra
leaving every one behind in my first race as an army jawan so that I could get an extra glass of milk
surging past my competitors in Tokyo when I was declared Asia’s best athlete
Running in Pakistan and being hailed as "The Flying Sikh."”

Milkha Singh

The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)

“He emphasized that I must maintain my speed for the first 300 metres, and then give it my all in the last 100 metres. He said that if I ran the first 300 metres at full speed, Spence would do the same, although that was not his running strategy.”

Milkha Singh

At the 1958 Commonwealth Games, Milkha describes how Dr. Howard, the American coach built the strategy to outrace his biggest threat Milkha At Midnight, 13 December 2013, publisher+Outlook India http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282698,

“I would not stop till I had filled up a bucket with my sweat. I would push myself so much that in the end I would collapse and I would have to be admitted to hospital, I would pray to God to save me, promise that I would be more careful in future. And then I would do it all over again.”

Milkha Singh

A BBC quote in Flying Sikh': Indian sprinter Milkha Singh biopic set for release."

Milkha Singh Quotes

“Each of these moments brings back bitter sweet memories as they represent the different stages of my life, a life that has been kept afloat by my intense determination to triumph in my chosen vocation”

Milkha Singh

The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)

Life , Memory

“The track, to me, was like an open book, in which I could read the meaning and purpose of life. I revered it like I would the sanctum sanctorum in a temple, where the deity resided and before whom I would humbly prostrate myself as a devotee. To keep myself steadfast to my goal, I renounced all pleasures and distractions, to keep myself fit and healthy, and dedicated my life to the ground where I could practice and run. Running had thus become my God, my religion and my beloved”

Milkha Singh

Stuff for legend: Athlete Milkha Singh's autobiography, 11 July 2013, 13 December 2013, Deccan herald http://www.deccanherald.com/content/344118/stuff-legend-athlete-milkha-singh039s.html,

Life , God , Pleasure , Books

“My most enduring memory of that year is not the birth of India and Pakistan. I could not even comprehend what was happening. As a teenager from a backward village in Pakistan, I had never seen a cycle, car or train. I was completely bewildered at the turn of events. All that mattered was how to get my next meal, usually a roti and an onion.”

Milkha Singh

Flying Sikh': Indian sprinter Milkha Singh biopic set for release, 12 July 2013, 13 December 2013, BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23241269,

Cars , Birth , Memory , Training

“Discipline, hard work, will power…. My experience made me so hard that I wasn't even scared of death." But one story reflects his desire clearest.”

Milkha Singh

But one story reflects his desire clearest. The 'Flying Sikh' remembers, Rohit, Brijnath, 30 July 2008, 12 July 2013, BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7532626.stm,

Death

“Our American coach, Dr. [Arthur W] Howard, had accompanied the Indian team [to Cardiff] …. Because of Dr. Howard's motivation and advice, I won heat after heat and effortlessly reached the finals.”

Milkha Singh

Milkha At Midnight, 13 December 2013, publisher+Outlook India http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282698,

Motivation

“Our entire village of Gobindpur Kot had been massacred, as the elders had taken a collective decision not to convert to Islam as they had been asked to. Among those killed were my parents and two of my sisters. My elder brother survived; a sepoy in the British army, he was posted at Multan. Two of my other sisters were married and lived elsewhere.”

Milkha Singh

Flying Sikh': Indian sprinter Milkha Singh biopic set for release, 12 July 2013, 13 December 2013, BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23241269,

Parent , Decision , Sister