Hima Das Quotes

Hima Das

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 9, 2000

We are human beings, at the end of the day. Success and failure are a part and parcel of our life.

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Forget the past, and ask me what's next.

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I used to run barefoot in my village some time back. Now, I have a branded shoe with my name on it.

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My paternal uncle and aunt have jobs, and they are the ones who feed the family with a regular income.

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My biggest support and backbone have been my friends.

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I don't think I even understand the full meaning of athletics.

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I am not a star.

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I don't show tension and nervousness, but I know how fast my heartbeat races before a race.

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The biggest challenge of my career has always been to improve my timing, and it will always be so.

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I am hurt that some people criticise very harshly without even realising the hardships which we go through.

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I am still the same village girl from Dhing who used to help my father in the paddy field, help mother in household chores, run for hours on the streets of Dhing, play football with my Mon Jai group friends.

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Everything happens at one step at a time.

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I live in a joint family with 17 members under one roof. My father is an MA, but he didn't get a job, because all his certificates got destroyed when our house caught fire. So my father took up farming - fish farming and vegetable farming.

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I was naughty but never demanding. I never asked my parents for shoes or tracksuits. I was happy with what I had.

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My father was a footballer, and he has inspired me.

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I am living a dream.

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I know my family's condition and how we struggled. But the Almighty has something for everybody.

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I am a positive person, and I want to look ahead in life and do something for my parents and the country.

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What I think is about running faster and faster, and I believe that will translate into medals.

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I have made my schedule in such a way that whenever I am getting time from studies, I do my training.

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