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Salient Points of PM Modi’s speech on the occasion of the inauguration of Synthetic Track of the USHA School-VC on 15 Jun, 2017

  • Congrats to all sports lovers on the inauguration of the synthetic track in ”Usha School of Athletics”.
  • This track is an important landmark in the development of Usha School and will provide modern facilities to the trainees.
  • I take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of our own Payyoli Express, ‘Udan Pari’ and ‘Golden Girl’ of India P.T. Usha ji for the development of this school.
  • Usha ji, the nation is proud of you. What is even better is that Usha ji has continued her association with sports.
  • Like Usha ji, “USHA School” is making the best use of every opportunity by utilizing simple and limited resources.
  • I take this opportunity to also congratulate the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, Sports Authority of India and the CPWD for having completed this project, which suffered various hurdles resulting in delays.
  • Sports is closely linked with the human resource development of a society.
  • I have always been of the view that in addition to keeping the body healthy, sports also transforms the personality, bringing about holistic development. It instills discipline and ethos of hard-work.
  • We learn to be humble in victory and at the same time, not to be bogged down by defeat. A defeat is not the end, in fact it is only the beginning to rise up again and achieve the desired results.
  • Sports enhance teamwork. It also brings a spirit of openness and powers us with the capability to accept others. It is essential that we adopt sports as a part of the lives of the youth in our country.
  • I often say – Jo Khele, Vo Khile– those who play, shine.
  • Given the global reach and fan following of various Sports and sports-persons, a country can carve its own niche in the world through sports.
  • Achievers in any sport are global sources of motivation.
  • We have to ensure our traditional games do not lose their popularity. Indigenous games too must be promoted as they have evolved organically from our own way of life.
  • Being the home of Yoga, it is our added responsibility to make Yoga even more popular across the world. And, like Yoga has become popular, we must think of ways to make our traditional sports popular globally.
  • Continuous interaction, travel for competitions, matches, training etc gives us the opportunity to understand the culture and tradition of other regions of the country. This strengthens the feeling ofEk Bharat Shreshtha Bharat and contributes immensely to National integration.
  • We must specially encourage our daughters and provide them with opportunities to take up sports. What is most gladdening is that in the last Paralympics our players showed their best performance ever.
  • During earlier decades there was an environment in which sports was not pursued as a career. Now this thinking has begun to change. Soon the results will be evident on the playground. A strong sporting culture can help the growth of a sporting economy.
  • Our playgrounds and stadiums should be utilized to the maximum. Holidays should also be about going out and playing a sport. Grounds of schools and colleges or the stadiums with modern facilities in the district may be utilized.

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