"Early next morning we boarded a train for Paris. We travelled third class. There was a restaurant car in the train, but our funds did not permit us to indulge in anything more than a meagre breakfast.

On the field he was named the "Wizard of Hockey" for he exerted complete control on the ball. It appeared that the ball used to stick to his hockey stick while playing. So great was the magic of Dhyan Chand that the Tokyo officials broke his hockey stick to search for a magnet inside, and tried to console themselves saying he had added some sort of glue.

"I had an embarrassing incident at Prague. A young and good-looking hockey enthusiast, a Czechoslovakian girl, insisted after the match on kissing me. "Oh, you are an angel!" she declared. She almost succeeded in her intention, but I resisted, repeating all the time that I was a married man. It was all in good fun."

"Tokyo is a truly modern city. The Hotel Manpi where we stayed was clean and comfortable. The hotel attendants were all pretty Japanese girls. Naturally the members of the team were all excited, and Pankaj Gupta had great difficulty in restraining his wards to keep within bounds"

"Gopalan one of our team member in 1928 was a high-caste Hindu from the South, where orthodoxy was severe.I will never forget that on our return from New Zealand, Gopalan broke journey at Rameswaram to have a dip in the holy waters to wipe off all the sins he had committed by crossing the seas.

It was the final of the Punjab Indian Infantry tournament in Jhelum. His side was losing the match by two goals, and with only four minutes to go, his Commanding Officer called out to him, "Come on Dhyan! We are two goals down, do something about it." Dhyan Chand then proceeded to do something about it, and scored three goals in four minutes and led his side to victory.