"Go and study," says India all-rounder Hardik Pandya when youngsters ask him whether they should choose cricket or study.
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00:00When someone asks me what I do, I say I play Cricket, I study, I mean I study.
00:03In Cricket, you have to be at the top, everything is self-made.
00:07Here, no one presents anything to you.
00:18When someone asks me what I do, I say I play Cricket, I study, I mean I study.
00:24I was a dangerous player, I said don't talk to me about my life,
00:27because Cricket is like a very dangerous sport.
00:30So that's why I keep, when I get this question,
00:35I always say that study.
00:37If you pass your 10th, you get a job according to it.
00:41I mean your education does not go away.
00:43It stays with you.
00:45In Cricket, you have to be at the top.
00:49I know to reach there is not a piece of cake, it's difficult,
00:52it's not something everyone gets.
00:54Yeah, I might be the luckiest one who will get it,
00:56but to reach there, you need to be really, really, really best.
01:00But didn't mom and dad ever say,
01:02study, or did they just give up?
01:05No, this kid won't study.
01:08No, I mean, they knew I wouldn't be able to do it,
01:11because I was bad, like bad.
01:14It was more of a situation, a decision which I made,
01:18rather than being like, no, I don't want to go to school.
01:21You know, I always had this thing in my mind,
01:25that how will I make my life strong?
01:30Because we used to be really rich,
01:32with goodwill to the family.
01:34And from having that and struggling the life for 10, 10 rupees,
01:37which was like, disappointed for me.
01:39I was disappointed because I had money when I was small.
01:42I was like, when I grow up, how much will I struggle?
01:45Me and my brother used to go to villages to play for like,
01:49when I used to get 450, I used to get 300 rupees.
01:52Going in a local train with my kid,
01:55and coming back in a truck, sitting in the back,
01:58or again coming in a local train without having a ticket.
02:01And, you know, I mean, it was difficult.
02:05And I was like, you know, one day I sat there,
02:08and I was like, see, one thing is there,
02:11now you can keep on creeping about it.
02:13But why with me, why with me, why with me?
02:16Or either you can work hard and let's see what happens.
02:19Everything is like self-made.
02:21Here, no one presents anything to you.
02:23I still remember when me and Kunal were 17 and he was 19,
02:27we said to my father that we don't want anyone's sympathy.
02:30So, I was like, you won't say anything to anyone,
02:34that you won't say, then pick my boy or something.
02:36You won't say anything, because me and Kunal won't like it.
02:39Hum khud khelenge toh khelenge, nahi khelenge nahi.
02:41Because we always wanted that no one should say,
02:43after a few years, you know.
02:45Yeah, there are people who has helped.
02:47Yeah.
02:48Like who has a big role like my coach and all,
02:50which I am grateful.
02:52Aur bahar jaa ke khud kar aayega.
02:54Field mein khud kar aayega.