Athletics, for me, was something I was pushed towards. I really wanted to play football when I was younger. Over the years, I started to enjoy it more and learn about it.
My parents were great at making sure I got out of bed when I needed to play football on a Sunday morning and that I was ready after school to go to training on a Tuesday and Thursday. But it was never forced upon me or rammed down my throat. If it had been, I could have ended up hating sport.
I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.
I used to sing in a choir when I was young. My mom forced me hardbody. I was hella young, like 5 years old.
I love sleeping and to inculcate the habit of early rising, my dad forced me to take up a sport. That was the only reason I started playing cricket in the first place. And thereafter it continued.
I was about eight when I started tap dancing - against my own will. My mom wanted me to do it. She thought I would love it, and I didn't believe her. I turned out to be obsessed with it.
School is something that I drive to finish.
I would cringe when asked to dance. I still remember having to wake up early from Class VI to learn Bharatanatyam. I hated it.
I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.
My mother really pushed me when I was young. I didn't want to go to dance classes, but for some reason, when I was there, I didn't want to come back.
Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.
I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress.
I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.
