Sweets, tweets and Haryana's soil... Watch what PM Modi discussed with the Indian badminton team.
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00:00I told him on the phone, while congratulating, that I will eat a lot of sweets from you, and he brought it today.
00:08Tell me, what is there in the soil of Haryana, that more than one player is coming out?
00:15You have been number one in the world rankings, and now you have won a gold medal in the Thomas Cup.
00:33If I ask you a question that journalists are used to, what do you consider to be the most important thing out of the two?
00:40These are both my dreams, and they have come true for me, so I am very happy.
00:45It is true that we used to lag so far behind in the Thomas Cup, that there was no discussion of such a tournament in the country.
00:56People did not even know that such a big tournament was taking place.
01:00When people came to know about it, I told them on the phone that it will take at least four hours for them to know what you have achieved.
01:15How is the family support?
01:18Sir, my father was a physical education teacher, so he is already in the sport.
01:23He will support me to play badminton well.
01:28First, he made a court at home, then he played at home.
01:33After that, he won a medal at the national tournament and the state tournament.
01:37Then there was hope that he can come to the Indian team.
01:41Is everyone happy with the family?
01:43Yes, sir.
01:44The hard work that your father did for you, now he is satisfied?
01:48Yes.
01:53We are still in Thailand.
01:55The body is here, but the mind is there.
01:59At the last point, like Shrikant bhai won, we are still on fire.
02:03We are still enjoying that moment, sir.
02:06At night, the captain will be seen scolding.
02:10After the finals, everyone slept on the medal, sir.
02:15No one got down.
02:17I saw someone's tweet.
02:19I saw Pranav's.
02:21He is sitting with Pranav and saying that he wants to win.
02:31Pranav, tell me.
02:33I said the right thing, right?
02:34It was your tweet, right?
02:35Yes, sir. It was my tweet.
02:38Pranav, I am seeing that you are a warrior.
02:41More than the game, the spirit of victory inside you is your biggest strength.
02:51And maybe you don't care about your body.
02:54If you get injured, whatever it is, I will do it.
02:58It is the result of that, because there is a lot of energy and passion inside.
03:07The day of disappointment did not last long in the Olympics.
03:11In such a short time.
03:14What was that emotion?
03:17That you won and came back again.
03:20What was the reason?
03:21Sir, it was mainly that in the Olympics, as I said, I was very sad.
03:27Because the one who defeated us, eventually won the gold medal.
03:32And they were beating us in one game.
03:34The rest were not beating anyone after that.
03:36So this time something went wrong.
03:38We lost to them in the group stage.
03:41And we went there and won the gold.
03:43So that was a very good thing.
03:51I thank Laksh first.
03:53Because I told him on the phone while congratulating him.
03:57That I will eat sweets from you.
04:01And he brought it today.
04:04So I remembered that.
04:06Laksh, I have been told that you had food poisoning there.
04:09Yes, sir.
04:10The day we reached, I had food poisoning.
04:14So I couldn't play for two days.
04:17But after that, when the group stage matches started, I was feeling a little better.
04:24Then I played one match and then I rested for one match due to food poisoning.
04:30Do you have a habit of eating anything or what is it?
04:33No, sir. I ate something wrong at the airport that day.
04:37So I was a little hungry because of that.
04:40Don't let go of your dance.
04:43It is also a strength of your life.
04:45Live it with fun.
04:51Tell me, what is there in the soil of Haryana?
04:55More than one player is coming out.
04:59Sir, first of all, eat milk and curd.
05:04Now we don't have to stop.
05:06Now we don't have to look back.
05:09We have to look ahead.
05:11We have to set a goal and go.
05:13And we have to win and go.