Virat Kohli on Athlete Mindset, Leadership Pressure & Delhi Days — Transcript

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1. 0:00Make some noise for vk1
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3. 0:1518.5 okay lights camera action
4. 0:19building I was so excited
5. 0:23because sport sport you're here because
6. 0:26of sport everyone plays the sport let me
7. 0:30ask you start me if Virat kohle did not
8. 0:33play a sport at any point in life where
9. 0:37would have he been I have no idea
10. 0:40honestly probably do some kind of
11. 0:44business with my brother or some because
12. 0:46business was something that I saw
13. 0:48growing up in the family um my path was
14. 0:52different because of sport so I say
15. 0:54business because that's the only other
16. 0:56thing I knew SE
17. 1:20maybe it's not only cricket cricket
18. 1:22obviously is a is looked at from a
19. 1:25different lens
20. 1:26especially but certain sense of
21. 1:29discipline certain sense of
22. 1:49structure so what I'm saying is that it
23. 1:52opens up a side of you which is making
24. 1:56you a more productive person even while
25. 1:59playing sports
26. 2:00physically benefit but you also have to
27. 2:03think when you want to win you have to
28. 2:05think you have to plan yeah um and that
29. 2:08brings out more from people than what
30. 2:12they
31. 2:13imagine sport
32. 2:27value you one of those
33. 2:34actually I was the jabati kid right
34. 2:38because I I love playing
35. 2:43Cricket so I used to play with my
36. 2:45brother's friends he's seven years older
37. 2:47to
38. 2:53me right um I just felt like I could
39. 2:57play with these big boys so they started
40. 2:58making me uh part of their teams and I
41. 3:01started playing with
42. 3:06them stumps
43. 3:33I never used to get you know what the
44. 3:34followup question will be
45. 3:55right first time first time ever we've
46. 3:59gotten to this this depth oh nice what
47. 4:02are some of the names that you
48. 4:07remember let me see how many can you
49. 4:09remember
50. 4:11uh I remember quite a few actually with
51. 4:24the then a really good friend of mine
52. 4:26his name was um um Jay Ganesh he was the
53. 4:32family was from South India and they
54. 4:34used to live in our
55. 4:40society so he saw
56. 4:43me you should make him practice
57. 4:47professionally then he asked me I said
58. 4:49yes of course I want
59. 4:54to I think the first and the
60. 4:57biggest what were some of your teachers
61. 5:03why are you missing classes early days
62. 5:05before you were get playing playing a
63. 5:06lot of competitive stuff I was uh in a
64. 5:09school called Vishal bharti which was in
65. 5:11um West Delhi because that's where I
66. 5:14grew
67. 5:17up school was there
68. 5:26stand so the teachers were very
69. 5:28cooperative
70. 5:32at least at the time that I I was
71. 5:34growing
72. 5:36up academically
73. 5:38compe at least in my own
74. 5:43experience we moved to a school called
75. 5:45savior
76. 5:47con Sim
77. 5:53because proposed to our coach you know
78. 5:57why don't you get these uh kids into our
79. 5:59school we'll make a school team we'll
80. 6:00make a strong school team as well so
81. 6:02said it's a great idea so we all joined
82. 6:04and then we made a school team then we
83. 6:06started playing School tournaments as
84. 6:07well Academy
85. 6:10Cricket boys and and mod Barak and all
86. 6:14these teams are very
87. 6:23strong
88. 6:24actually in vice principal and she used
89. 6:27to
90. 6:28teach English and she was vice principal
91. 6:31and supposedly she was a very U you know
92. 6:34strict teacher and um
93. 6:41so because the school was the classes
94. 6:44were on the ground floor and she could
95. 6:45see and the whole class could see and I
96. 6:47was playing with seniors in the school I
97. 6:49was playing volleyball with them and I
98. 6:50totally
99. 6:51forgot
100. 6:56physical she didn't say anything to me
101. 6:58she came to me she was like like
102. 7:00uh are you really interested in
103. 7:03studying I said ma'am if you ask me very
104. 7:06honestly I'm just doing this to pass my
105. 7:08whatever grade I'm in she said where's
106. 7:11your where's your interest I said I love
107. 7:13Cricket it's it's everything for me she
108. 7:15said then follow that
109. 7:17completely wow which which standard is
110. 7:19this what class I was in I I was in 11th
111. 7:22okay I had just finished the 10th boards
112. 7:24and we had just gone into uh the 11th
113. 7:26standard and this is when the
114. 7:28conversation happened I I was like it
115. 7:31was such a nice thing for me to hear
116. 7:34that I wasn't being pressurized you know
117. 7:44sport you know to they are doing their
118. 7:46work but there are some who feel
119. 7:52forced they can also feel like we also
120. 7:55are a part of the same institution but
121. 7:57we also have our own space our own place
122. 7:59to grow our own interests are being
123. 8:01taken care of basically it's simply put
124. 8:04like you said right interest sport so
125. 8:07that means it's a subject right yes so
126. 8:09science subject math
127. 8:11subject uh Hindi subject English subject
128. 8:14sport is a subject so do you think eight
129. 8:16cheese Let There Be sport I mean just
130. 8:18the campaign sounds so good right for
131. 8:20sports officios sport is not a PE period
132. 8:25no it's not extracurricular right what
133. 8:27is it if you were sitting and addressing
134. 8:29Maybe the school communities what would
135. 8:31you tell them I would tell them don't
136. 8:32make them just play sport teach them
137. 8:35because when I was growing up I had no
138. 8:37idea about rules and regulations of
139. 8:39majority of the sports around me now
140. 8:41when we play cricket you understand the
141. 8:44where the situation of the game is going
142. 8:45so as a Fielder when you're standing in
143. 8:47the field what distance should you be
144. 8:49from the batter to make a difference
145. 8:51here do you have to be five steps back
146. 8:53or do you attack five steps more because
147. 8:55you can sense that he's trying to do
148. 8:57this particular thing the ball might
149. 8:59land up here and you need to be
150. 9:00physically fit enough to be in that
151. 9:02place to eventually make a difference
152. 9:04yeah this is all learning this is not
153. 9:06happening by chance it's not only fun in
154. 9:08games so what the important thing is to
155. 9:11teach them the small details of what it
156. 9:15means to play a sport playing a sport
157. 9:18means you're totally aware in every
158. 9:20moment you're totally present with
159. 9:21what's going on it's not just haha he
160. 9:24and and you have to be present you have
161. 9:26to do that thing with absolute
162. 9:28commitment with fine details say that
163. 9:32same intent can be applied anywhere in
164. 9:34life because once you're involved in
165. 9:36that moment you will give your best
166. 9:38output whether it's for sport whether
167. 9:39it's for work anything it it helps you
168. 9:42in your attention span and to be able to
169. 9:44focus so much it's so underrated and
170. 9:47people don't actually realize this about
171. 9:48sport a lot of the times that's why the
172. 9:50people who end up playing sport at a
173. 9:52higher
174. 9:53level they are
175. 9:55absolutely precisely focused and present
176. 9:58in the most stressful
177. 10:21moments um
178. 10:28anticip so you start preparing
179. 10:30accordingly
180. 10:32senses Dev that you start becoming
181. 10:35intuitive I'm not kidding I mean through
182. 10:36playing sport I become so intuitive
183. 10:38because once you start perceiving the
184. 10:41situation where would the situation lead
185. 10:43to and you always have that you know
186. 10:46little bit of
187. 10:49insight and once you follow it and it
188. 10:51happens then you start trusting it in
189. 10:54every situation whether it's with people
190. 10:56whether it's with sport whether anything
191. 10:58whether you're driving you always
192. 11:00get you know I need to be careful
193. 11:03here so all these things my senses
194. 11:07started developing way more after I
195. 11:09started understanding how sport is
196. 11:11played because passion passion it was
197. 11:13something that I absolutely loved doing
198. 11:15so I learned it very differently for me
199. 11:16it was not fun in games you tell me
200. 11:18about leadership ver and I mean
201. 11:20leadership is that's why I just love
202. 11:22doing these interviews right he just get
203. 11:23to know so much more
204. 11:26leadership but then you also see someone
205. 11:28you sometimes look up to someone what
206. 11:30was leadership you know what you learned
207. 11:32from sport maybe anything see leadership
208. 11:34um I learned from many people I learned
209. 11:36a lot from Ms because I played majority
210. 11:38of my career under him um the initial
211. 11:42years uh but in general I feel
212. 11:45leadership is um firstly to be able to
213. 11:48take responsibility for
214. 11:50yourself right if if you can't take
215. 11:52responsibility for yourself or for your
216. 11:54own space or for your own well-being
217. 11:58hygiene whatever it is you cannot take
218. 12:01responsibility for any other person I
219. 12:03had this this tendency in me to follow
220. 12:05my heart and to go for things
221. 12:09naturally was the reason why I could
222. 12:11urge everyone else around me to go for
223. 12:12it and tell them it's fine trust me
224. 12:15it'll be okay because I've experienced
225. 12:17it you know it's not like I'm reading it
226. 12:18off a book and saying come on we have to
227. 12:20play with positive intent I felt it I've
228. 12:22been there I've succeeded I've failed
229. 12:24I've learned from failures but that has
230. 12:26not stopped me from trying again so so
231. 12:29it is um when you get rid of the
232. 12:33insecurities you have as an individual
233. 12:36you'll be able to become firstly your
234. 12:38own leader in your own space and then be
235. 12:41able to take responsibility for the
236. 12:42others as well so that if things go
237. 12:44wrong because the one thing that stops
238. 12:45us from realizing how good we can be is
239. 12:47failure is insecurity
240. 12:54right you
241. 12:57know what if it doesn't go through
242. 13:00is the reason why you never really fully
243. 13:03commit to it so at a level where you
244. 13:05realize okay I have tried this I have
245. 13:07seen ups and downs with it now I can
246. 13:09tell these people go for it I'm here if
247. 13:12it goes wrong I'll take care of it but
248. 13:14don't stop
249. 13:15trying
250. 13:17because you know someone I look up to as
251. 13:19a leader might have a way of
252. 13:23life it could take me time to bind to
253. 13:25your theory 100% one thing I learned
254. 13:28from from Ms and other people that I've
255. 13:31seen lead also you cannot make everyone
256. 13:32happy all the time this is the absolute
257. 13:35truth and why that happens is because
258. 13:37certain individuals will not buy into
259. 13:40the intensity of what you're saying
260. 13:41immediately so they try to find their
261. 13:43own comfortable ways which you have to
262. 13:46ignore because the vision is priority
263. 13:49it's not
264. 13:51saying responsibility
265. 14:13we not making the most of our time you
266. 14:15eventually want to enjoy yourself all
267. 14:17these small things matters get that guy
268. 14:18around in a different way but the goal
269. 14:21is the same he has to run he has to run
270. 14:35some things that you may
271. 14:37realiz I could have done this better
272. 14:39maybe as a leader I could have done this
273. 14:42better P purely in hindsight 100% so I
274. 14:45have no no shame in accepting that I
275. 14:47have made many mistakes um when I was a
276. 14:51a captain but the one thing I I know for
277. 14:54sure that I never did anything for my
278. 14:58own selfish motives that I can take
279. 15:01guarantee of that from day one to the
280. 15:03last
281. 15:11day I can totally accept it you make
282. 15:14mistakes like you make errors when you
283. 15:15play you get out that's a failure
284. 15:17failures will keep happening but intent
285. 15:20was never in the wrong place so I can
286. 15:23absolutely take guarantee of
287. 15:27that you will make mistakes but you will
288. 15:30learn from them as I said you will not
289. 15:32then start shying away from making
290. 15:34mistakes
291. 15:49so or then you start taking it as as the
292. 15:52whole journey and what went well what
293. 15:54didn't go right and then you learn from
294. 15:56all situations so that's exactly what
295. 15:58happened
296. 16:06amazing right you realize this is
297. 16:08subject relativity right 100% so I've
298. 16:11got a couple of images that I want to
299. 16:12show you now that we talk about the two
300. 16:14two and a half years which were weird
301. 16:18which were
302. 16:19different and us I want to find out
303. 16:25uh correct me if I'm wrong the outside
304. 16:29whatever try to look at look like
305. 16:32disbelief no it can't be
306. 16:34happening reluctant
307. 16:38acceptance acceptance and then Revival
308. 16:42and this photo I think defines it pretty
309. 16:44well I remember I was on commentary as
310. 16:50well but never seen you like that your
311. 16:52reaction going
312. 16:54back just first tell me about this photo
313. 16:57this moment and then we'll we'll talk
314. 16:59more how do I put it I mean things
315. 17:01turning around in a way that they did
316. 17:04ever since I came
317. 17:06back was because I decided to step away
318. 17:09and really really deeply connect to
319. 17:11myself again um doing things from a very
320. 17:15superficial point of view which is who
321. 17:19am I to people what are they expecting
322. 17:21of me what am I expected to go and
323. 17:24do it was never about how I'm feeling
324. 17:29what I want to do in this moment what is
325. 17:32it that I really really want to do you
326. 17:34know which is close to my heart when you
327. 17:36go into this phase that I went into the
328. 17:38focus is very difficult to to stay in
329. 17:41the Middle Lane which has gotten you to
330. 17:42the place that you are that is exactly
331. 17:44what happened with me because my focus
332. 17:47shifted I started looking at the
333. 17:49situation differently I was in the wrong
334. 17:52lane when I came back to my Lane that
335. 17:55I'm I'm closest to everything started
336. 17:58flowing again because I'm not I'm not
337. 18:00thinking about this part of uh you know
338. 18:04what I do hopefully I will keep being in
339. 18:08this space that I I will Drift But then
340. 18:12you come back very quickly because
341. 18:13you've had a a knock on your head and a
342. 18:16big one so it's a blessing that I was
343. 18:19able to able to get so much of Grace and
344. 18:21learning through that
345. 18:25phase this is the Asia cup ladies and
346. 18:29gentlemen what was your first reaction
347. 18:32you just take T20 format you also said
348. 18:35this is where you least expected and
349. 18:37then things are flowing when did you
350. 18:39when did the 100 come into your head to
351. 18:41be very honest the ball before I got to
352. 18:44the 100 is the time I felt like oh I'm
353. 18:46on 94 I could probably get this and the
354. 18:48next ball went for six but the thing is
355. 18:51that as soon as I got the 100 I laughed
356. 18:53so
357. 18:55hard like that just for this 2
358. 18:59seconds I let myself go through that
359. 19:02that moment happened it ended next day
360. 19:05the sun was up again it wasn't going to
361. 19:08be forever it's not
362. 19:15like it was so funny it was so funny I
363. 19:18laughed so hard I was like but you laugh
364. 19:21I'm sure there must have been tears as
365. 19:22well because you not at that moment but
366. 19:24when I spoke to Anushka yes it was
367. 19:26because I know you know beyond the point
368. 19:28is
369. 19:29Milestones keep
370. 19:35happening that we'll carry this forward
371. 19:37if you are to tell that vat Koh maybe
372. 19:40when you get to P's record or one
373. 19:43ahead 49 one day centuries
374. 19:472011 I'm
375. 19:49sure so if you have to tell him I know
376. 19:51will play it down when this happens
377. 19:52you'll play it now it'll be a very
378. 19:55emotional moment for me
379. 19:57yeahi uh
380. 20:00again people take for granted what has
381. 20:03happened whether um it's your journey
382. 20:07from when you were a a kid watching your
383. 20:09idol play on TV to um playing with him
384. 20:12to seeing his retirement to carrying on
385. 20:15the
386. 20:17responsibilities to a point where I am
387. 20:19today and what you just
388. 20:21mentioned uh it is surreal I mean again
389. 20:25the focus can be oh
390. 20:29match but I'm looking at exactly what
391. 20:31you're
392. 20:32saying I know when I used to be on a
393. 20:35scooty going around playing games and
394. 20:37you know trying to make a Mark I don't
395. 20:38forget those days I can still feel it
396. 20:40it's it's like living for me even now
397. 20:43those the people on the outside have no
398. 20:45idea what my I'm not saying that my
399. 20:48journey has been so difficult no it's
400. 20:50it's dear to me I'm not
401. 20:54saying they don't have an understanding
402. 20:56so they'll say what they have to but I
403. 20:58know who I am I know where I've come
404. 21:01from and I know what path I have to go
405. 21:04and honestly these things do not matter
406. 21:05to me in a achievement sense they matter
407. 21:11to me because
408. 21:13um the dream you had as a child you see
409. 21:17that unfolding in front of your eyes and
410. 21:19that is a blessing that is a true
411. 21:20blessing because you're able to work
412. 21:23towards it again the beauty of being in
413. 21:27my profession playing a SP
414. 21:29is that it didn't happen by Chance the
415. 21:31blessing was there on your on your head
416. 21:34the hand was always there but the hard
417. 21:36work was the only thing that was in or
418. 21:38given to you to do nothing else is in
419. 21:40our control we can only do things with
420. 21:42the right intent with the right output
421. 21:45that I did for whatever number of years
422. 21:47I've been playing since I started
423. 21:49playing Cricket so that makes me very
424. 21:52very uh grateful that I was able to live
425. 21:55up to that blessing that I was given and
426. 21:57continue to so till the time I I play
427. 22:00the
428. 22:02sport iconic
429. 22:06locations and's G to tell us about
430. 22:13memory oh
431. 22:22Market knuckly sport shoes or uh
432. 22:26Playstation key u
433. 22:39corre
434. 22:40Pala palika
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437. 22:52agains MAA is the last one you never
438. 22:56went to
439. 22:57maj
440. 23:02kags kags kamagar of course Kam
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442. 23:13matches North Campus exactly so hung out
443. 23:17a lot in as well one final
444. 23:20question the ups and downs uh the
445. 23:23leadership the humility the teamwork
446. 23:30you probably pass it on to V you know
447. 23:32what you will tell her
448. 23:35proudly and you can use this in any Walk
449. 23:38of
450. 23:49Life you will be fine in anything that
451. 23:51you choose to do in life right intent
452. 23:53and you're willing to work hard every
453. 23:55day of your life no compromise whether
454. 23:58it's it's rest
455. 24:01recovery training
456. 24:04practice Behavior everything falls under
457. 24:09working as much as you can every day of
458. 24:11your
459. 24:12life you've given message to all your
460. 24:15fans I want you to give a message to
461. 24:20those who don't want to play it but
462. 24:23those who you probably just want to play
463. 24:25for the joy of
464. 24:26it what would you tell maybe someone
465. 24:28who's not as ambitious but I would just
466. 24:31say that um start playing any sport that
467. 24:34you that you have any interest in
468. 24:38because when you get competitive and
469. 24:41things get tough there comes a moment
470. 24:42even when you're playing for fun that
471. 24:44you have to make a choice whether you
472. 24:47want to go ahead or not and trust me if
473. 24:49you start making those choices it'll
474. 24:50make a difference in your life I'm not
475. 24:51saying that you'll become a professional
476. 24:52Sportsman or a sportswoman but um that
477. 24:56intent to
478. 24:58take a leap when things are tough it'll
479. 25:00help you in every every profession of
480. 25:02yours every day of your life with people
481. 25:05with your work anything that you that
482. 25:07you encounter and that's a guarantee I
483. 25:09can give
484. 25:10everyone VK like always absolute
485. 25:14pleasure
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