[March 26th marked 30 years of the Nike Air Max’s iconic goodness. And as they embarked on their own epic rewind, we dug deep into the past of personalities who fit Nike’s own powerful legacy. We also celebrated it with some incredible offline festivities at Mehboob studio but before we digress, here’s Robin Singh. Star striker of Bengaluru FC and one of India’s leading football talents.] Robin Singh is disarmingly straightforward. A literal personification of a quote that once suggested people only ‘talk about what they know,” and as far as Singh is concerned, what he knows extends from one pillar to another, each saddled with a capital F. There’s Family and there’s Football, and neither can exist without the other’s full support. But in a country where football is only just garnering the acclaim it deserves, perhaps a little context is due—a rewind of sorts to the building blocks that make Robin tower above so many others.
1. Can you elaborate on 2-3 of the most defining moments in your football journey, according to you?
2. What’s the most difficult situation/ challenge you’ve had to deal with as a serious athlete?
3. You started off being a defensive player, but eventually played forward, as a striker. How did the transition from a defensive-minded player to an attacking-style of football happen?
4. You’ve worked with various different coaches over your career and each one always has a different game plan, how do you adapt your own style of playing to their ideas? How difficult is it to take a coach’s instructions into account when it differs from your own?
5. Describe your experience beating the top teams of the I-league in the first season with Bengaluru FC.
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6. You’ve always said neither money nor fame motivates you the way your family does. How important is it to have familial support when you choose a career like this, and what kind of sacrifices did they and you have to make?
7. What kind of potential do you believe India’s football circuit has, especially with the ISL entering the fold?
8. If you could play anywhere else in the world, where would you choose to be and why?
9. 3 role models and mentors in your life.
10. Can you describe a typical day when you’re in the throws of intensive training?
11. What would you be doing on your perfect cheat day?
12. As a professional footballer, how important is it to have the right footwear on the pitch? And what role does Nike play here?
13. And hence do you think it’s equally critical to demand the same superior innovation (and not just style) for footwear OFF the pitch?
I. Your favourite cheat meal when you don’t have to be on a restricted diet?
Pancakes and waffles with Nutella, without a doubt are my go to cheat meals
II. 2 tracks that would get you super pumped before a game?
There are more than two but a few of them right now have to be LYKKE LI “I FOLLOW RIVERS ( THE MAGICIAN REMIX )
ALESSO “WE COULD BE HEROS”
As of now, I love dancing around to them before training.
III. If you weren’t a footballer, what/who would you be?
If I wasn’t a footballer, i’d be nothing. I am what I am because of football and I can’t really see my self without it.
IV. One video game you'd love to live in permanently?
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