Manushi Chhillar Quotes

I learned a lot from my father. I'm very lucky to have a father who was a professional athlete.

My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian.

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

No one can beat Momma. She made me the person I am today - the way I think and act and move and talk and speak. It's all because of her.

I wouldn't be where I am without my dad.

Because of my dad, I started playing the game. Seeing him motivated me to play. He's been an important part of my life.

When I was growing up, I always liked playing football, and my mum always took me to football games. I owe her a lot. She was my pillar. She was the biggest influence on me.

I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.

I'm really close to my mother. She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister. She gave up her career. Whatever I am today is due to the values my mother instilled in me.

I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.

My mom's the one I look up to for everything. I feel like I'm a lump of clay and she's moulding me into a woman.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad.

I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents.

I think my dad is definitely my biggest role model, personally, just in my day-to-day life.

The national treasure that is Diana Ross is a dim light compared with who she is as a mother. My mom paved the way not only for my career but also for who I am as a human being.

I wouldn't have become the player I have without my father.

I thank God that I had such an amazing father who was my trainer as well.

When your dad is your father, best friend and mentor, all in one, it's hard to explain what he brings. He brings confidence and self-awareness through my game, on and off the court. I'm blessed to have him.

I've learned a lot from my own kids. Actually, my son was the reason why I got involved in other things outside of basketball.

Everything that I am, everything that I've done, everything that I hope to be is because of my mom.

I always said that if I had the platform and the opportunity to share my story and make it easier for others, I would - so that, in a way, I can be the role model that I was looking for as a kid.

Mum has been the biggest influence on me.

My dad has always inspired me.

My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.