like tell me some interesting things about something which happened in your young days he recalledi definitely know now that i have a much better understanding of the players as a coachreid feels that the team has made enough sacrifices to be in the reckoning for a medal in the olympicsthere is definitely a chance if we play well and if we play where we need to in the mens competition any 1012 teams currently can beat each other on a particular dayi talk a lot about zooming out and zooming in and zooming out is about looking at the big picture and the big picture is yes absolutely we see ourselves standing on the podium in tokyo he saidsacrifices is one of the things that stands successful people apart they are prepared to forego gains for something better down the track he addedthe road to tokyo was a tough one for the team as five players including skipper manpreet singh tested positive for the virus after returning to the national camp in bengaluru following a short break last yearwhen these guys got tested there was a bit of stigma attached to covid my reaction was i cant believe how did it happenbut it was a good learning experience it was an interesting time it was a difficult time as well whenever a group of people goes through a shared experience and often that experience is bad it binds you together it bonds the group