Shadowing Practice: Face Setbacks With Courage | Virat Kohli Motivational Speech - Learn English Speaking with Video
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It's not easy.
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I mean, if you ask me, do I get affected by failure?
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Yes, I do.
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Everyone does.
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I'm human at the end of the day.
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So it's difficult to process failure at such a big stage.
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But also you have to understand that, you know, I totally believe in the fact that what's meant to be for you will happen.
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We were working as hard as we could.
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All we can do is work hard and put in our best effort.
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As long as your intent is right, your heart is in the right place, and you're going along the right path, and you're doing things with the right intent,
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that's all you can do.
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Success and failure is a part of everything that we do in life.
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Whether it's sport, whether it's in daily life, whether you lose someone close to you, whether it's a problem in your job, anything.
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It is the truth of life.
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And you need to be able to accept both with grace.
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That's the thing that I've learned.
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You can't go gung -ho when you succeed.
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You can't say, oh, I'm the king of the world.
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You know, we are invincible now.
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And when you fail, you can't beat yourself down so much that you can't get up again.
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So I think you need to feel the hurt.
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You need to feel, where could I have done things differently?
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I think failure is a great way or a great opportunity to analyze what went wrong and to improve on those mistakes.
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Because at the end of the day, cricket is all about that.
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When you make a mistake
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while batting you want to improve it the next time you walk out to play
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Or if you play a false shot and you haven't gotten out you want to improve in the next ball
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And I think life is all about
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that It's about making mistakes on a regular basis But having the courage and the acceptance and the clarity to say Okay, I have made a mistake.
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I'm not going to be egoistic about it I'm going to lay it down, understand what happened, improve on it and walk forward I just hate losing
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basically i i hate losing in anything that is how a sportsman is is made up but
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the most important thing for me i don't want to walk out and say maybe i could have done this
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i don't want any maybes i don't want any what ifs
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when i step onto that field it's a privilege it's an honor for me
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and when i walk out i want to have zero energy left
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because that is what i'm supposed to do
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that is why i'm selected i'm not selected because you know i'm privileged
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or you know i should be comforted
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because i've reached the highest level no however hard i've worked
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for age group cricket this has to be a constant 10 times hard working process on a daily basis
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because i'm representing my country and there couldn't be a bigger honor for me
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so everything became a learning process for me and i kept learning
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and learning and learning and now i have a total understanding of my physique
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because i want to maintain the standard
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that I'm playing at now in the time I finish you
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know I don't want to be standing in the field
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and not being able to move the way I do right now it's just not in me to play like
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that if I can't do that I will stop so
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that is my vision
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and I want to be able to contribute in the last
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day I play for India the way I'm doing now with the same energy the same enthusiasm
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so I will do anything and everything in my ability to achieve
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that on a daily basis in the World Cup just now
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that we played every game my energy was 120 percent
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so I wanted to be the best version of myself
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and then I based everything around that vision
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and then my training my diet my approach towards the game everything changed every time
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that I step onto the field I don't want to left
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leave any stone unturned I I hate having the feeling of maybe I could have gone for
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that catch maybe I could have pushed an extra you know yard for an extra run I I just
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that I somehow can't process so it is I'm actually always trying to avoid that feeling
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and that's why I you know go along about my work
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in a crazy manner where I just have to put all my effort into every ball
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that I play field or I'm a part of you know
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when you go out there
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and play you get a hundred it's not by chance you need to understand from ball one to ninety
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or hundred how many ever balls you play
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or test matches you play a lot more what were you doing for all those deliveries
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so you can repeat it that's consistency for me I wanted to make an impact I knew
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that I had the ability to make my team win
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and I wanted to be that version of myself where
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if I walk in I wanted teams to think like we need to get this guy out
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or else we're gonna lose the game so I thought
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if I can't have
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that impact on my team then I'm not doing justice to you know where I am
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and if I don't want to be
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that guy there's something wrong in my head either I've accepted being you know lower than what i should be
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or i just don't have enough drive in me
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so i said i'm gonna unlock my max potential and achieve what i should be
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About This Lesson
You're practicing English with "Face Setbacks With Courage | Virat Kohli Motivational Speech" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.
Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.