A biography for Geeta Phogathasn’t been written yet.
“Film as a medium has a power that sports like wrestling lack.”
“Everybody at the Olympics are almost at level par.”
“There were so many times when I felt like running away from the akhada. But now that we are bearing the fruits of all the hard work, we understand its value.”
“It's about hard work and not gender.”
“The contribution of my dad towards women's wrestling in Haryana is immense and his vision and determination have shaped several young careers.”
“Inner strength is very important.”
“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.”
“Even my grandmother would tell me that girls should not wrestle, it's a man's game.”
“I want to tell the students to follow their heart and respect their parents and teachers as they are their ultimate gurus.”
“Till the time my body supports me and till the time I have that desire inside me to succeed, till then I will keep wrestling.”
“For an athlete, the country is everything.”
“If you are not strong from inside you can never look beautiful from outside.”
“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.”
“Dangal' movie has been made on our lives in which two daughters win a medal for the country. It just shows that the times are changing and people's attitudes are changing and if it is changing because of us then we are very happy about it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The coaches boosts our confidence when we lose. They remind us that we have done it once before and we can do it again.”
“I will be even more strict than my dad, because look at me, I turned out fine.”
“I am fully prepared to fight with any opponent in my category from any team.”
“I think if we are at a war with an enemy country, that country is responsible for our soldiers' deaths.”