A biography for Jwala Guttahasn’t been written yet.
“Doubles does not have adequate support, promotion and sponsorship and budding shuttlers are more keen to take up singles.”
“No one on this earth can stop me from playing.”
“I keep cracking jokes a lot.”
“A girl has to worry about financially securing her future. There is also the question of marriage. Whether to continue playing after marriage is another question. That is why a job is very important for a sportswoman so that she is able to play without worrying about such things.”
“I take it as a compliment now that I look different. I think l look okay.”
“Unlike badminton playing major nations of the world, we never had a specialist doubles coach and so the discipline remained neglected.”
“China in sports is 100 years ahead of us, there's no comparison.”
“Technically, I am not bad. What I needed to work on was mainly on fitness and my court coverage.”
“Physically, when you are fit, mentally you are more alert and confident.”
“People anyway didn't take me seriously because of the way I look. And for some reason, there's this Indian perception that sportspersons should look wanting, they should look like they've put up a real struggle.”
“If not badminton, I would have played some other sport.”
“Being a doubles player, without any support, we don't have any godfathers in doubles.”
“It takes guts to take up doubles in India.”
“I have done nothing wrong as captain of the Delhi Krrish Smashers franchisee in the IBL.”
“Winning a title in Olympic year is never easy.”
“There is a lot of discrimination. Consider this: whenever a badminton squad is sent for an international meet, there are usually 10 boys and 3-4 girls. Why is it like this? Why can't we send an equal number of boys and girls?”
“Badminton court is my territory and that's where I will do most of my talking.”
“I want to promote doubles, educate people and media about doubles.”
“I like to put in an effort to look presentable.”
“I was very different from other badminton players. I did not bring badminton home. I wouldn't eat, sleep, drink badminton or talk about it to friends.”