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Interview: Jeev Milkha Singh
Published on Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 19:37 in 
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If there is one Indian sports story to celebrate this year, it is Jeev Milkha Singh’s. He gave us reasons to be proud, week after week. Jeev put Indian golf on the world map. Today, we celebrate the glory of 2006 with the man himself.
Gaurav Kalra: Jeev, welcome to CNN-IBN. Since you have been back now, it’s been a week or so. Has it finally sunk in, what you have achieved over the last year or so?
Jeev Milkha Singh: Honestly when I started the year, I never thought that I was going to end up like this. But it’s slowly sinking in, I think have had a great year and enjoying every bit of it.
Gaurav Kalra: Since you have been back, it’s been felicitations, it’s been celebrations, your family has been in it. Have you picked up a golf club at all?
Jeev Milkha Singh: Not at all. I haven’t picked up a golf club. I think I’ve played 40 weeks this year. I deserve a break. After the Volvo Masters of Asia, I have not picked up a club and I think I’m not going to pick up a club until January 1.
Gaurav Kalra: It was an incredible year for you. You were 300-odd, you hadn’t won a single tournament for seven years and all of a sudden, you finished 2006 at 37 in the world. Do you believe it yourself?
Jeev Milkha Singh: Honestly, I don’t. I started this year thinking that if I could get one win under my belt I would be really happy. But winning the Volvo China Open gave me a lot of confidence and trust in my game. And after that, things have been great. The main change I have made is that I was very result-oriented in the last six years. But I told myself after I won the Volvo China Open, ‘You just go out there and try to follow your process and routine and see what happens.’ Then I won the Volvo China that week and after that I have just been focusing on the process and routine, and that’s given me immense amount of confidence and I have gone ahead and got a lot of top-tens and a lot more wins.
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