Dravid and his “good boy” image

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Forever considered the "good boy" of Indian cricket, Rahul Dravid told Gaurav Kapur back in 2019 why he felt imprisoned in this image.  🎥: Breakfast with Champions

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00:00You were called the sexiest sportsman of India

00:04Really? Was I?

00:06You beat Yuvraj Singh at the time

00:08Really?

00:08Yes

00:09Oh my god, that must rank is probably one of the greatest achievements ever

00:13That's the image I want

00:14That I'm human, I'm gonna make mistakes

00:15So don't blame me when I make mistakes

00:22So how does good boy?

00:23Good boy thing came from very early

00:24Hard work, discipline, put your head down

00:27Did you ever want to get out the rocker side of you?

00:29No, I don't. I don't want to be something I'm not either

00:31So I don't want to do that because

00:33I would be uncomfortable doing that kind of stuff

00:34We're trying to be the life of a party

00:36I've never been that

00:37So I guess if you get labelled as a good boy

00:40You get labelled as someone who does everything correctly

00:42When you make one mistake, then that gets highlighted even more

00:45You know, like, oh god, this is the guy

00:46Yo, he did it

00:47He threw his cap

00:48You know

00:51James Walkman never lets me forget it though

00:54I mean, when people will make mistakes on the field

00:56And here was I, you know, when it came down to the end

00:59And that frustration just sort of came out

01:01And I threw the cap

01:03And as I was letting it go, it was just too late

01:05I wish I could pull it back

01:07It's fine, you're human

01:08It's okay

01:08Exactly what I'm saying

01:09That's the image I want

01:10That I'm human, I'm gonna make mistakes

01:12So don't blame me when I make mistakes

01:14It's one of your greatest achievements

01:16In 2005, when you were called the sexiest sportsman of India

01:22Really?

01:23Was I?

01:24Yes, you were

01:25Wow

01:26Geez, there mustn't have been too much competition

01:28You beat Yuvraj Singh at the time

01:29Really?

01:30Yes

01:30Oh my god, that must rank as probably one of the greatest achievements ever

01:35Oh god, is there any certificate or something to prove that?

01:37Certificate?

01:37What a good boy you are

01:39No, maybe I can put that up along with my, like

01:42You know, I don't know, whatever awards I've got from the government and stuff

01:45Maybe we can put one of that up as well

01:47Beating Yuvraj Singh to it

01:48We'll get the paperwork done

01:49Yeah, yeah, please

01:50So Srinath was the one who started calling me Juice Jam

01:54And then that sort of shortened and became Jam in time

01:57And Juice Jam was a bit long

01:58So it became a Jam

01:59And then when you batted also, it used to be Jam

02:00You used to do a traffic jam

02:01Because guys lining up behind you to get a bat

02:03But he's not getting out

02:04Yeah, that's nice

02:06Yeah, that's

02:07Love batting

02:08See

02:08That's something I love doing

02:09Yeah, that's where the wall came to be, right?

02:12Yeah

02:12That's where the wall came to be

02:13I don't know where the wall came to be from

02:14But yeah, like I always say

02:16The wall was probably some clever editor or reporter in a newspaper, you know

02:21Saying let's call him the wall now

02:22Because we got a future headline

02:24When I don't do well

02:25It'll be the cracks in the wall

02:27Another brick in the wall crumbles

02:28And there were those, you know

02:29When I was going through a tough patch or I was scoring runs

02:32I'm not comfortable or uncomfortable being called the wall

02:34But yeah, I'd rather be called Rahul than the wall

02:36Your kids say, hey dad

02:38We're also your kids

02:39Come spend some time with us also

02:40You're spending so much time with all the others

02:42Because you're on the road all the time

02:43I must admit, it's the hardest part of being a coach

02:45I love coaching

02:47I love being involved with these kids

02:48But I guess the tough part of it is then

02:50You know, it's just so much time away from home

02:52Yeah, it's tough

02:53It's harder, the kids are getting older

02:56And I do love, really enjoy spending time with them as well

02:59And spending time at home

03:00Which is also challenging

03:02Because it's like, I'm fully there all the time

03:04Which I'm not sure they like it as well

03:06Because you suddenly want to get involved in everything now

03:09But yeah, but you know

03:11Definitely, I've sort of tried to cut out all the other stuff

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