I was moved to tears by the thought that from being nobody the night before, I had become somebody.
While at the EME Army center in 1951 in the cross country race he was declared 6 in the top 10 who among the 500 who ran. Quoted in "'Flying Sikh' takes a nostalgic jog down memory lane". The Hindu. 6 April 2012. Retrieved on 13 December 2013.