RCB Coach Andy Flower Meets Swami Chidanand Saraswati In Rishikesh After Team's Maiden IPL win
"But from my experience in playing and coaching, winning is not quite enough. There has to be something more, something deeper, something more meaningful than just winning. Because winning is a little hollow occasionally."
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: Former Zimbabwean cricket captain and RCB coach, Andy Flower meets Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president and spiritual head of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, in Rishikesh pic.twitter.com/EOuSxgFqhq
— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2025
"It is a bit of an anti-climax sometimes after you have won. So, there has to be something more. And we were talking about the influence you can have on other people and groups of people."
"But you have to take care of yourself first. You have to be in a good place yourself first to have that good influence on other people," he concluded.
Speaking about his experience in the state on the occasion of International Yoga Day, "It has been brilliant being in Rishikesh on International Yoga Day. I have been in Rishikesh for the last two weeks. I have been learning a lot about Yoga, and the main thing I have learnt is that Yoga is not about a one-hour class, but it is a way of life for hundreds of millions of people. I have enjoyed the physical practices that I have done..."
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