Geeta Phogat Quotes

Wrestling school was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. It just killed me.

It's really indescribable. All the hard work you put in and all the sacrifices.

Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.

I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.

Winners do what losers don't want to do.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

One of my biggest influences of all time would probably be one of my soccer coaches, Coach Darlington, from high school. He was always trying to get me to push myself really hard. No excuses. I always hated him, but it paid off. I think that's what life is all about... when you push through the hard stuff and it pays off.

Nothing of value is ever won without sacrifice.

Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.

I was determined to play my horn against all odds, and I had to sacrifice a whole lot of pleasure to do so.

The perception is that I've always made winning look easy. People think it's easy, but they don't see what's behind it, the time away from the family. The days spent climbing, training out in all weather, climbing but trying to keep the speed for the sprint.

We know in order to get where we want to be and do what we want to be doing, sometimes we have to do what we don't feel like doing. It takes hard work, and the band name is a constant reminder of that.

I'm used to working hard and making sacrifices.

Preparation is a mentality... With wrestling being my background, I've always learned to overwork, overwork. Work, work, work, work. It's not always the talented that wins, but it's the one who puts in the most preparation and thought into things.

The price of championships will never change. It's been set long before me. It will be the same long after me. That price is hard work, sweat, blood, tears, fatigue and exhaustion and doing so much more than what is required of you.

I can't tell you how many times I hit that mat, especially that first year, where I said to myself, 'Man, this fake stuff hurts like hell. Do I really want to do this?' And every time, I would come back, 'Yeah, I wanna do this.'

It is going to be tough if you look for the easy way out because very rarely is there an easy way out. There is nothing that replaces hard work.

It's blood, sweat, sometimes tears.

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.