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I was moved to tears by the thought that from being nobody the night before, I had become somebody.

— Milkha Singh

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You can achieve anything in life. It just depends on how desperate you are to achieve it.

The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)

Discipline, hard work, will power....My experience made me so hard that I wasn't even scared of death." But one story reflects his desire clearest.

He emphasized that I must maintain my speed for the first 300 metres, and then give it my all in the last 100 metres. He said that if I ran the first 300 metres at full speed, Spence would do the same, although that was not his running strategy.

When I reflect upon my life, I can clearly see how my passion for running has dominated my life. The images that flash through my mind are those running....running…running…

The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)

Each of these moments brings back bitter sweet memories as they represent the different stages of my life, a life that has been kept afloat by my intense determination to triumph in my chosen vocation

The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)

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