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KL Rahul: Koffee with Karan interview and suspension scarred me massively
“That interview happened.
[5311] Nikhil Kamath: But now you don't.
[5313] KL Rahul: Now I don't, because that interview, like, you know, and this- Scarred you?
[5318] KL Rahul: Scarred me massively. I mean, there was, you know, getting suspended from, from- You…”
KL Rahul: Innate hand-eye coordination separates elite athletes from the rest
“Of course, I think so. I think so. Your ability to judge What speed the ball is coming at, and your ability to judge how much it will bounce from a certain area, how much it will move which direction, and your hand-eye coordination, and all of that is like, yo…”
KL Rahul: Data Analytics Cannot Guarantee Success in Sports
“Certain, you can use certain things, but nothing at least in sport guarantees better performance or success. It's not that you do this and your success rate is going to go up. There is no formula like that.”
KL Rahul: Family legacy does not matter much in cricket
“At least in cricket, I don't think there's your legacy or where you come from, what your parents did, really matter that much.”
KL Rahul: Niceness has zero bearing on sports team selection versus performance
“No, no, no. That has no, like, at least in sport. ... Nothing. Zero. Zero. ... You can be all of those things, and if you're scoring, scoring hundreds every game, there's nobody to stop you from being picked, and yeah.”
KL Rahul: Multi-sport training develops better athletic ability than early cricket specialization
“There's so many players that you know, I've played with who only played cricket all along. And you can see that like the athletic ability is not as much as someone else who's played multiple sports growing up.”
KL Rahul: Cricketers can play until 40 at most before international viability ends
“I mean, if you're healthy and fit enough, if you can carry yourself, then maybe till 40. You can play till 40. That's the maximum split. Yes, there are, there is MS, Dhoni, who's playing. He's 43 now, and he's still playing. You can play the IPL and all of tha…”
KL Rahul: A stable relationship brings more focus than being single
“Just in general, I think relationships help, help you like, I feel like help you stay a lot more focused. And I have been, Out of relationships and played, like, while I was, before I dated Athiya, I was single for a long time, and I can confidently say that t…”
KL Rahul: I quit scrolling Instagram for 1.5 years to avoid trolling
“For the last one and a half years, I've gotten off Instagram completely. I'll still go post, do my things and then get out of that place as quickly as I can.”
KL Rahul: Anticipating post-cricket income drop spurred business investing during COVID
“That's something that is that's part of the reason why I've you know, I've, Started thinking about businesses and started thinking about investing my money, right? So my life after cricket can be taken care of. I know there'll be a huge dip in the amount I ear…”