I don't even know when my father admitted me to school. During those days in villages, people did not remember the exact… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
The people of this country remember me. I may have started dyeing my beard, but I am recognized at airports, railway stations… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
Not every school in India has athletics as a compulsory sport. They should make it compulsory. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
Athletics is the mother of all sport and every child must try out it once during his school days. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
We were from a village that's now in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district, in Kot Addu tehsil. Our village was 10 km away from… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
Politicians or well connected people will try to get hold of federations and they don't think about sportspersons. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
The first time I ever wore a shoe was in 1955 during the trials for the Melbourne Olympics. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
Athletes like me, PT Usha, Anju Bobby Gerorge have reached finals in Olympics, and it's not easy to reach the finals. If Indians were… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
No one should suffer what I suffered. I still dread those scenes when man killed man. I lost my parents, most of my family,… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
In the Army, I was running for India and I was a soldier who could have died for India. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
I didn't know what off-season meant. I could sprint barefoot, anywhere, anytime and on any surface. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
I do not blame the government for not providing infrastructure to athletes. They have given everything for training of athletes. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
Running had become such an obsession that even when asleep, I would run races in my dreams. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
