Quotes About Mary Kom

#1. Mary Kom is a woman who stood up alone in a male-dominated field and fought for her rights and what she believed in. Her story is an inspiration for every young person out there.

Priyanka Chopra

#2. If she [woman] is weak in striking, she is strong in suffering.

Mahatma Gandhi

#3. What did I hope to gain from my game and from putting my parents through all this? The truth is that I loved to play. My body was fit and my mind raring to go. But I also hoped that I would get a government job through the sports quota.

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#4. What you sow, you will reap What I sow, I will reap.

M.C. Mary Kom

#5. In a sportsperson's life, pressure is always there; you have to learn to deal with it.

Mary Kom

#6. In spite of our penury and deprivation, we did not ever lose faith in God. If

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#7. Things happen in production - bad things that you can't always predict. One

Michael T. Nygard

#8. Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.

Brad Henry

#9. He was lucky in a way. It wasn't long and drawn-out. No months in a hospital hooked up to machines.

Ransom Riggs

#10. Tonpa, be anxious no more
Hard times have abandoned you
Good times lie in wait for you

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#11. I started athletics in 1999, throwing discus and shot put. I didn't tell my family when I started boxing.

Mary Kom

#12. There's times when I'll see a show, or something cooking on TV, and think, 'That can really be fun when it's working.' But it's a grind. I did that at NBC, it was five days a week. I was doing 'Talk Soup' and 'Later' at the same time. It's a hard job, more difficult than people realize.

Greg Kinnear

#13. A surfeit of information often hides an untruth, he said, with annoying clarity.

Jasper Fforde

#14. The incentive of a medal at the biggest sporting arena in the world is what drives me. Before I hang my gloves, I want to win the Olympic medal, and my performance at London will decide my future in the sport.

Mary Kom

#15. My normal weight category is 48 kg. So for the 51 kg. category, I had to depend on lots of food and drinks before going in for the weigh-in. But that does not make my strength, my muscles. It's a little bit different. If there's a 48 kg. category, it's a perfect fit for me.

Mary Kom

#16. The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on international law, clear intelligence, and a measured and appropriate military response.

Charles Kennedy

#17. Without boxing, I can't live. I love boxing.

Mary Kom

#18. I took up boxing out of sheer interest and to help my parents financially.

Mary Kom

#19. I miss my kids, and they miss me. It's very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fulfill my dreams coming to the 2012 London Olympics.

Mary Kom

#20. The first thing I did with the prize money was to buy a paddy field for Apa. He would no longer be a landless farmer in an agricultural society.

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#21. Never buy gold, simply earn it

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#22. Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

Mary Kom

#23. They had been denied a lot to make my dream possible and it was only fair that I repay them.

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#24. I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.

Mary Kom

#25. a competition is meant to be won.

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#26. I look like I'm Chinese or Thai or Japanese - very different.

Mary Kom

#27. World will be so beautiful without war.
Every child will grow up without fear.
Mother will smile; child will play.
Friendship will prosper all the way.
Love harmony and peace everywhere.
It is our hope for our great future.

Debasish Mridha