Speaking in the program, Chief National Coach of the Indian Badminton Team Pullela Gopichand recalled the words of his coach that it is not how many times one falls down but how quickly one gets up matters.
Sports can take care of pent-up aggression and help people adopt a more peaceful attitude, he said.
In his welcome address, Chairperson of Bharat Soka Gakkai, Vishesh Gupta, said every person has "the right to live in happiness". The prime objective of the SGI movement is to forge an expanding solidarity of ordinary citizens committed to protecting that right and rid the world of needless suffering, he said.