Geeta Phogat Quotes

Geeta Phogat

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : December 15, 1988

I think staying away from wrestling for two years with injury and the movie, I lost my focus.

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Sushil is an experienced player, a big player.

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We have regularly won medals at all tournaments and I think after 'Dangal,' the craze for wrestling increased among the girls.

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In my village, girls have limited opportunities. If they get admission in a college, only a few households would allow them to go for further studies.

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Those who used to ask my father to be ashamed of himself for training us in wrestling now say they wish they have daughters like me.

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We used to wear a track suit and T-shirt while training. But that did not go down well with the villagers, because women are usually supposed to wear salwar kameez.

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There was no roof where we trained, so it used to get very hot during the day and the mud used to feel very cold during the evening.

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I have overcome most of my fears.

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My only aim is to win an Olympic medal.

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After I stop wrestling, my dream is to open a wrestling academy, train students and produce more Geetas and Babitas!

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Yes, Indian wrestling has improved since foreign coaches came in because the skills and techniques they have is new to us.

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The coaches boosts our confidence when we lose. They remind us that we have done it once before and we can do it again.

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We need to trust our coaches. Unless we trust them we can't get the result.

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You need a little bit of experience to do well in the Olympics.

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I come from a village where traditionally girls don't go out and play sport so I struggled a lot to come this far and to get to this position where I am at the Olympics.

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World Championships is the toughest competition in the world.

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It is extremely difficult to get a medal at the World Championships, even more than the Olympics. And when one is not 100 per cent prepared, it is next to impossible to win a medal there.

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All young wrestlers would love to see their game back in Olympics.

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Film as a medium has a power that sports like wrestling lack.

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We had to go to bed by 8 P.M. My siblings and I would often play cards under the bed-sheets. But we would get caught and then were made to practise harder. My father would say, 'You need to work even more if you aren't tired enough to go to sleep.'

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