New Delhi: India captain Virat Kohli has said that one of the secrets of his stupendous success is ‘not having too many close people’ in his life which creates ‘distractions’ and problems in ‘time management’ on the path to glory. And regarding the comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar which so often crops up, Kohli has said that it is impossible for him to emulate the maestro.
“Luckily, I don’t have too many people in my life that I am close to. I think that helps. If you have too many people and too many friends, you get distracted and your time management becomes impossible,” Kohli told former England captain Nasser Hussain in an interview for ‘bcci.tv’.
One of world’s premier batsmen, Kohli also said that sportspersons shouldn’t limit their ambitions. “I think, somewhere as sportsmen, we somehow already limit ourselves to what we do without even knowing how much we can do. That’s something I never put a limit on. I always love to explore my maximum ability as far as my intensity in the field is concerned. I never put any limitations on what I want to do in life,” asserted Kohli.
“You just got to create a good balance and move forward. It’s been fine till now. I am able to maintain a balance as of now I can say,” he added.
Kohli also said that it will be very difficult to achieve the heady numbers of the ‘Little Master’ Tendulkar.
“I might not play that long (24 years). Two hundred Tests, 100 international centuries. Those are incredible numbers and will be impossible to achieve. But yes, I want to make a difference and always believe that I must leave the game on a better note,” said Kohli.
PTI
