Attention Quote by Narendra Modi

We don't give much importance to sports in India. It is necessary for mental and physical development - whether it's a group or solo…

— Pooja Batra

See, there is a tendency to look at India as a country.

— Rahul Gandhi

My dream is to see India as a nation of well-looked-after and respected sportspeople in all fields.

— Saina Nehwal

India has a population of over 1 billion people. There is place for all sports and for sure there is space for football.

— Zico

Cricket is a self-sustaining industry; but corporates need to realise that other sports don't have that luxury. This is the time when they need…

— Gagan Narang

What we have seen is that sports is definitely developing in India. I can see a lot of positive things happening in India. It…

— MS Dhoni

I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right…

— Gagan Narang

The mentality we have in India is not very sporting.

— Mahesh Bhupathi

Whereas China has set about systematically striving for Olympic success since it re-entered global competition after years of isolation, India has remained complacent about…

— Shashi Tharoor

Apart from being celebrities, there's a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour associated with…

— Rahul Dravid

In Brazil, U.S., Japan and some other countries, there are many sports being played and I hope that will be the case in India…

— Zico

A strong India is very, very important for world cricket.

— Sourav Ganguly