30 December,2010 08:59 AM IST | | Special Features
As a child, Pankaj dreamed of being a pilot, but we're glad he stopped entertaining those ideas soon enoughu00a0-- India wouldn't have all those golds to boast of if he didn't.
He tells CS, "When I was growing up I thought that it was very cool to be a pilot. But I was terrible at the logarithms, so I know I had to direct my energies elsewhere.
That's when I started taking snooker more seriously." Well Pankaj, you might not be a pilot, but you're still flying high.u00a0