Do you have a concrete plan to do something about it, to reform the current situation in the sports industry?
Nothing is concrete. A lot of my plans are exploratory. I want to start talking to the Indian Olympic committee, some of the cricket players and other sportsmen to band together to start talking about the promotion of overall culture of physical fitness and sports. Someone that came from that background, I believe in a well-balanced life. Taking care of the body, exercise and diet. These are the things that are just as important as education and being a doctor.
Why do you think Indians are considered weak in sports or do not succeed as much?
There is so much emphasis on education that people forget these other aspects of life. I am somebody that did both. I did well in academics and I did well in athletics. So with proper time management and proper goal setting, anyone can do these things. There are myriad reasons why this could be happening. It's also a ripple effect. When a culture starts out that way, they start doing it from the very beginning, the same type of thing... It gets bigger and bigger like a ripple in a pond. Sometimes you have to go against a cultural norm by setting an example. That's what I am trying to do.
Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh from India are now participating in baseball. What are your thoughts on that?
Its absolutely fabulous and I commend them for taking the road less traveled. With that risk comes great rewards. With my recent accomplishment and what they are doing, we are just proving to the Indian community and other people in the world that India is a wealth of talent. People in India have the talent to pursue what they want. I love it when people step out of the social norm to go after something like that proving that it is a worthy task. They are doing an excellent task of that.