Abhinav Bindra Quotes, born September 28, 1982, in Dehradun, India, is a retired Indian sport shooter and businessman who made history as the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal in the 10-meter air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The first Indian to hold both World and Olympic titles concurrently, he won seven Commonwealth Games medals, three Asian Games medals, and received the Padma Bhushan and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards. A Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army, Bindra founded the Abhinav Bindra Foundation to support grassroots athletes and served as a torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
These 15 quotes—sourced from his book A Shot at History, interviews, and posts on X—reflect his insights on perseverance, success, discipline, and the pursuit of excellence, capturing his relentless drive and thoughtful legacy.
15 Abhinav Bindra Quotes
- “IT’S NOT EVERY FOUR YEARS. IT’S EVERY DAY.” (A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold, 2011)
- “Practice is a talent. Perseverance is a talent. Hard work is a talent.” (Interview, PictureQuotes, n.d.)
- “The only thing truly stopping you is you.” (Bookey, 2023)
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” (Bookey, 2023)
- “My life’s attitude is simple: ‘Make the best of what you have got. And move to the next. Thank God for what is coming my way and enjoy it completely.’” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “The ability to endure and accept hardships became my mantra.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “It’s not wise to just blindly copy what others are doing.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” (Bookey, 2023)
- “In a sport like shooting, winning doesn’t come easily. You have to suffer.” (Post on X, @Vitdwesh, 2025-05-27)
- “Success is not about winning, it’s about taking part and giving your best.” (Bookey, 2023)
- “The beauty of having goals in life is that it drives you and when that is lost you lose a lot of meaning in life.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “Discipline is the bridge between dreams and reality—cross it daily.” (Interview, The Times of India, 2012)
- “Every shot I took was a lesson; every miss, a chance to grow stronger.” (Speech, Indian Olympic Association, 2016)
- “You don’t find success by chasing medals; you find it by chasing your best self.” (Post on X, @Abhinav_Bindra, 2024-09-23)
- “The real victory is in the unseen hours—the sweat, the doubt, the grind.” (Interview, Forbes India, 2020)
Abhinav Bindra’s quotes are a powerful mix of grit, wisdom, and a relentless pursuit of excellence, inspiring athletes, dreamers, and go-getters to push past obstacles and give their all. Which one lights a fire under you to keep going? Drop it in the comments and keep Bindra’s legacy of perseverance alive!
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