Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.
I just wanted to be an athlete.
My parents wanted me to become a national athlete.
I knew what I wanted to do in sport from the age of nine.
I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.
As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.
I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.
I wanted to be an endurance athlete from a young age. I remember being in a careers class at school and saying I wanted to be a professional athlete and the teacher replying, 'You're not going to make it; it's not possible.'
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.
I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.
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