Rajiv Ouseph Professions : Athlete Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Rajiv Ouseph Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed. Rajiv Ouseph professional you speed people Obviously, you need talent to do well in your sport, but I think hard work goes a long way. You need to be lucky within the sport too, though. In badminton, you can benefit from good draws and people getting injured. Rajiv Ouseph good you hard-work work What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive. Rajiv Ouseph game passion soul heart In countries like China and Indonesia, badminton is like a religion. Players get mobbed in the street. In China, it is a national sport, and Lin Dan, their star player, is treated like David Beckham. Rajiv Ouseph street like badminton religion I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same. Rajiv Ouseph face feeling good losing There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent. Rajiv Ouseph walk you tired people Because my parents are Indian, everybody speaks Hindi to me, and I have no idea what they are saying. Rajiv Ouseph saying parents because me I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university. Rajiv Ouseph go badminton university years I've always wanted to be in journalism. I even started a course at Loughborough doing media studies. I like all sports, and I am keen on writing. But I thought that while I was still young, I ought to make a real go of it at badminton. So I have put all my focus on playing sport instead of writing about it. Rajiv Ouseph i-am journalism focus sports I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports. Rajiv Ouseph think badminton legacy sports In our sport, there's only two people, so if you're not winning, then you're losing. Rajiv Ouseph you losing winning people I'm lucky in that I can't see myself doing an office job every day. I'm lucky that I can play my sport and go around the world without too much to worry about outside that. I think it's good to be happy with what you're doing. Rajiv Ouseph be-happy day good myself I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport. Rajiv Ouseph better look think people If I'd had the chance, I'd like to have completed my degree before going full-time, and sports journalism was something that always interested me. Dad used to buy a paper, and I always turned straight to the sports pages. Rajiv Ouseph me dad chance sports I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up. Rajiv Ouseph chubby shot short up Similar Authors Brian Urlacher athlete Brendan Brazier athlete Bill Rodgers athlete Aimee Mullins athlete Ivana Trump athlete Adam Goucher athlete All Authors
