"I'm the worst." Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri just won a Golden Boot. But there’s still one weakness he’s trying to overcome...👀
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00:00I just gave up, eating-wise, no one was talking to me because I was so negative, I was just angry.
00:15What's the biggest heartbreak of your life?
00:23And I thought this is an enjoyable evening.
00:25My team is used to it, so… I think I had many, but because you said the biggest,
00:35something that just came to your mind and you were wondering if you shall tell me or not.
00:39I got a ligament 2 tear in my ankle and I rushed it. I could have waited for 2-3 weeks more.
00:46I rushed it and then I was out for 6 months and I think that was the darkest time of my life.
00:50I generally play at 70-71 kgs of weight. I became 78.
00:54I just gave up, eating-wise, no one was talking to me because I was so negative, I was just angry.
01:03And I would take any loss, I would take any patch of not scoring or losing match
01:08in comparison to getting injured. Because I, generally players don't do well, but I'm the
01:12worst. I'm not playing, nobody wants to be close to me. Because right now I'm thinking,
01:17he's talking nicely, he's wearing a suit etc. When I'm injured, I'm worst.
01:23So, I think that was my worst time because I didn't like me at that time.
01:28So, I try my best to stay fit. I don't wish for anyone, any sportsperson anywhere to get injured.
01:35I do wish them that they lose if they're playing as my team, but I never wish anyone to get injured
01:39because that's the worst time. A player not playing is the worst time. It just brings the
01:44darkest person from inside of us. What do you believe to be the one of your weakness and what
01:48are you doing to improve it? Is it on the pitch or off the pitch? Whatever. Off the pitch, there
01:52are many. If you're trying to improve it, then we should consider that. Off the pitch, be a little
01:59bit less selfish. I think my family sacrifices a lot, a lot. I'll just give you a small practical
02:07example. Yesterday we lost. I come back, my parents are here. It's pin drop silence. No one talks.
02:14I crack a joke. It was superficial. They know it. We go to sleep, pin drop silence. Morning, I go to
02:19recovery, pin drop silence. I come back and I know the onus is on me now because I have to crack the
02:24joke and make it nice, but it's been 21 years and my poor family is sacrificing it. I want to believe
02:30that I'm getting better, but it's so much about me, myself, my shin pads, my loss, my nap. I don't want
02:36to talk, keep quiet. I'm going to sleep at 10.30, no partying. I hope I… because they are waiting to
02:42take revenge. Once I'm done football, I know what's going to happen. Now, let's bear it because all of them
02:48are SC-11 fans also. So, whenever the husband or the son or the brother does something shit, the
02:55player, Sunil Chetri, builds me out. When the player is done, they'll break me. I think that's one
03:02thing I really want to change. I want to make it more about my family. I want to think about them
03:06also. I want to take a pause and then answer. Somebody tells me, let's go out at 9.30. No
03:11chance. It's going to be 11. I'm going to sleep. So, I want to change that, be a little bit more
03:16accommodating, think from their perspective also. I'm trying. I think I'm getting better. My wife
03:20will say no, but that's what I really want to try because I really want to be a better human being
03:25also. We'll edit this and send it to her. But I really want to be a better human being. Trust me.
03:30And I know it's easy now for me because where I have reached and everyone says to me, you played
03:35that's why you're saying this. But no, I genuinely want people to say good things about me. I genuinely
03:39want to be nice.