Winning at home is a different feeling: Pankaj Advani
Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani
today said that he was looking forward to the World Snooker
Championship in Hyderabad as "winning at home is a different
feeling".
|Last Updated: Nov 10, 2009, 10:31 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Bangalore: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani
today said that he was looking forward to the World Snooker
Championship in Hyderabad as "winning at home is a different
feeling".
"When the tricolour is flying high, when there is so much
patriotism, you really want to win", said Pankaj, during a
felicitation function organised by the state government.
"Hyderabad is going to be every exciting. The event is
going to be huge. There is going to be lots of competition.
Winning at home is different. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
It is just going for the kill", said the 24-year-old champion
who has 18 national titles to his credit.
The reigning World Professional Billiards and IBSF World
Billiards Champion in both formats, Pankaj said he still
had butterflies in his stomach every time he started a game.
He said sometimes there was a possibility of "complacency
creeping in" but he looks at sporting greats like Sachin
Tendulkar who continue to break records.
The focus then is on "to keep winning, improving and
continuing to play without resting on past laurels".
"The good and bad thing is public memory is very short.
The good thing is that they judge you by last performance and
it also means they have forgotten earlier achievements. The
last performance is most noted. I am as good as my last
performance", said the Padmashree recipient.
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