I'm treating country music like it's a sport. I'm looking at where my competition is and realized I needed to work on my songwriting.

Everyone, whether you are married or have a boyfriend or girlfriend, there's always someone who has a hold of your heart. You learn to let it go, but there's always a place in your heart. For me, it was someone I went to college with and we had an amazing bond, but I left.

I'm depressed when I don't get to do music. Having to go back to doing something I don't like and am not passionate about would be a tough thing.

Just seeing people appreciate what you do, come out and support it, and sing the songs back, there's not a better feeling in the world.

It's a sport about risk and reward. It's a sport about becoming a legend. You look at guys that have stepped up on last minute, and it changed their lives. I don't think that I should be any different.

You don't meet many comics who came from rich families or were captain of the football team and had a nice car.

In army, I went to Kashmir and did well, which was a challenge. In sports, I went to Olympics at a time when no one believed that we can actually win. Coming into politics was also a challenge as I wanted to push the youth to achieve gold in various fields of life.

I just loved the kind of people who play football. Definitely takes courage to play this game.