Quotes from Geeta Phogat
It's important for parents to be strict if you want the kids to succeed.
— Geeta Phogat
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never looked back since then.
— Geeta Phogat
Colorado Springs is a very good place to train ahead of the Olympics. We get to compete with different partners, learn different movements, we also get to improve upon our speed, which is very essential.
— Geeta Phogat
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.
— Geeta Phogat
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.
— Geeta Phogat
Our parents faced more hardship than us. They didn't stop us from training despite hearing the taunts from the people in the village. We were fortunate to have parents like them.
— Geeta Phogat
Everybody at the Olympics are almost at level par.
— Geeta Phogat
I was scared of water, so I learnt swimming.
— Geeta Phogat
We did not had enough facilities in the village. My family was also not well off. There was no mat, no gym; we used to wrestle in the mud. It was very different from the national camps where I trained before the Commonwealth Games.
— Geeta Phogat
Even my grandmother would tell me that girls should not wrestle, it's a man's game.
— Geeta Phogat
All young wrestlers would love to see their game back in Olympics.
— Geeta Phogat
World Championships is the toughest competition in the world.
— Geeta Phogat