"I have always had the self-belief to go forward. A lot of people criticised me for the way I used to be off the field. I did make a few mistakes but I don't think that I have changed my personality.", Indian vice captain Virat Kohli said.
"I am still the same person at heart. It's all about making your own identity at what you are and not changing for what people want you to be,", he added.
"You would rather become someone because who you are rather than changing for someone else. That gives you a lot of satisfaction," the 23-year-old batsman, who has already scored 11 ODI hundreds apart from a Test century at Adelaide.
"It's the team which comes first. I was getting a lot of 110s and 115s and getting out in the 40th and 42nd over. So I asked myself that why don't I get a big one. I decided to apply myself and not make the mistakes.", he said.
"I want to enjoy myself everytime I got out there in the middle. Keep myself motivated and looking to do that everywhere."
"Be true to yourself and do whatever you feel like but with full passion. If you want to pursue education or sport do that with passion because no one can else force you to do something that you don't want. There will be a few distractions but one shouldn't lose focus," he said.
