Jwala Gutta Quotes

Jwala Gutta

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 7, 1983

Technically, I am not bad. What I needed to work on was mainly on fitness and my court coverage.

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The beauty of the game is strength, stamina and technique and when you shorten the game, technique goes for a toss and the quality of badminton will surely go down in this system.

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Badminton court is my territory and that's where I will do most of my talking.

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Having children is a great responsibility, and I don't want to have kids while I am still playing.

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I am born to play badminton and can't think of anything else.

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The ultimate goal is Olympics.

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I am vocal and I have had to pay a huge price for that.

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Before I have attended camps at many places such as Bangalore, Jalandhar, and after 2006 it has only been happening at the Gopichand academy in Hyderabad. I had no problems since I live there, but it is not fair. Why camps only in Hyderabad?

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Physically, when you are fit, mentally you are more alert and confident.

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I come from a generation where I did not have any knowledge about racism, trolling or degrading someone because we hardly used to do it to other people.

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For a sportsperson, 1 year is a long period.

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After this coronavirus thing, people started calling me half-corona on Twitter.

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So when people used to call me 'chinki' I thought that okay maybe my mother is Chinese so they are calling me that. It was only in my 20s, when I travelled to the north-east that I realised that it was racist and that the north-easterners were called this and they were not considered Indians just because of the way they look.

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Why are foreign coaches not staying? There is internal politics and that is the reason why foreign coaches leave without completing their tenures. The reason is they don't get the acknowledgement and feel disrespected, not just from the players but from the establishment, and I am an eyewitness to it.

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I have grown up in a country where we are told that there is freedom of speech.

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I take it as a compliment now that I look different. I think l look okay.

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China in sports is 100 years ahead of us, there's no comparison.

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Now I know what to eat and what not to eat and I am getting to know my body better.

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I am not afraid of losing at all.

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I had to quit every favorite food of mine.

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