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Never buy gold, simply earn it
Mary Kom / Boxer
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My dream is to produce thousand Mary Koms.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Mary
Thousand
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If I can achieve success, then anyone can.
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Achieve
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Without boxing, I can't live. I love boxing.
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Boxing
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At school, my favourite subject was social studies.
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Favourite
Studies
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Every medal I have won is a story of a difficult struggle.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Difficult
Medal
Struggle
Won
Story
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I look like I'm Chinese or Thai or Japanese - very different.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Chinese
Different
Thai
Very
Look
Japanese
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You can't walk away from your responsibilities and commitments.
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Commitments
Walk
Responsibilities
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I took up boxing out of sheer interest and to help my parents financially.
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Boxing
Sheer
Financially
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The truth is, the harder you fight, the sweeter are the rewards in the end.
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Truth
Harder
Rewards
Truth Is
End
Fight
In The End
Sweeter
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I am blessed with a reasonable athletic talent and was an athlete in school.
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Athlete
Blessed
Reasonable
Talent
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I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.
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Opportunity
Careers
Sponsors
Support
Backing
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I'm grateful to the state and central government for all their support for my academy.
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Central Government
Grateful
Central
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In a sportsperson's life, pressure is always there; you have to learn to deal with it.
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Pressure
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In the 46-48 kg. category, I know every boxer, and I defeat them whenever I fight them.
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Defeat
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I loved playing in the fields back home and racing with my fellow students on the way to school.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Fields
Racing
Home Way School
Fellow
Fellow Students
Loved Playing
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I learned my weaknesses at the Asian Games and other competitions where I lost. My guard was down.
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Games
Competitions
Guard
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If I, being a mother of two, can win a medal, so can you all. Take me as an example and don`t give up.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Don't Give Up
Giving Up
Mother
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I started athletics in 1999, throwing discus and shot put. I didn't tell my family when I started boxing.
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Athletics
Boxing
Throwing
Shot
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Winning the 2012 bronze medal was magnificent, but I would love to win a gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Bronze
Gold
Magnificent
Medal
Olympics
Tokyo
Winning
Gold Medal
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Youngsters taking up boxing will get a lot of encouragement to do something for the country, seeing my laurels.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Encouragement
Boxing
Laurels
Seeing
Youngsters
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I have a very fit body and have never faced any major injury problems. So yes, the secret to my success is my fit body.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Success Is
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I can easily get a gold in the 48 kg. category, but 51 kg., it's difficult because other boxers may have a height advantage.
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Boxers
Gold
Height
Category
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Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.
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Athlete
Olympics
Good Always See
Dreamt
Materialize
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It's a punishment game... only two boxers get in the ring. So when we get in the ring and we're not angry, then you're not a real boxer.
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Angry
Boxers
Punishment
Ring
Boxer
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I have been juggling so many roles. I am a mother, too. I have three sons to take care of. I don't even know how I manage to pull it off sometimes.
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Juggling
Manage
Sons
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I miss my kids, and they miss me. It's very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fulfill my dreams coming to the 2012 London Olympics.
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Olympics
Fulfill
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I never told my parents that I was doing boxing. They only came to know after I became state champion and my name and picture came in the newspaper.
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Boxing
Picture
Newspaper
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In Manipur, mostly the top player's family background is very poor. I also come from a poor family, so we have to do more hard work to get money and a better life.
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Better Life
Family Background
Life Family Work
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A gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics is what I'm looking for. I have to pace my training in such a way that I'm at my best in Rio, and when I'm in form, no opponent can come in my way.
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Gold
Medal
Olympics
Pace
Rio
Gold Medal
Opponent
Such A Way
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When I started boxing, people laughed at me and said, 'What can women do in boxing?' I took it as a challenge. If men can do it, why can't women? And I became a world champion before my marriage.
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Boxing
Champion
Laughed
Men Women Marriage
Women Men Marriage
World Champion
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The incentive of a medal at the biggest sporting arena in the world is what drives me. Before I hang my gloves, I want to win the Olympic medal, and my performance at London will decide my future in the sport.
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Arena
Gloves
Medal
Future World Me
Drives
Hang
Incentive
Olympic
Olympic Medal
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The boys, they are laughing: 'Oh, you are boxing. Very funny.' But I always challenge when people are laughing - 'I'll show you one day.' After getting five times world champion, they are all quiet. And they respect me.
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Funny
Respect
Boxing
Five
Laughing
One Day
Quiet
Funny Always World
After
Oh
Show
Challenge
Getting
Times
World Champion
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Watching boxer Dingko Singh's performance at the Asian Games, Bangkok, where he won gold, was the defining moment. I was 15 and enjoyed sports more than anything else. Singh's performance changed my life and inspired me to follow boxing.
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Sports
Asian
Bangkok
Boxing
Changed
Defining
Enjoyed
Games
Gold
Inspired
Life Moment Me
Life Sports Me
Anything Else
Boxer
Defining Moment
Won
Follow
Performance
Moment
More Than Anything
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Looking back now, I realise that belonging to the family of a labourer actually helped to prepare my body for boxing. There were many times when my family didn't have enough food or warm clothing to go around. All this made me physically, as well as emotionally, tough.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Belonging
Boxing
Looking Back
Tough
Warm
Physically
Family Food Enough
Family Food Me
Clothing
Emotionally
Helped
Labourer
Prepare
Realise
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My normal weight category is 48 kg. So for the 51 kg. category, I had to depend on lots of food and drinks before going in for the weigh-in. But that does not make my strength, my muscles. It's a little bit different. If there's a 48 kg. category, it's a perfect fit for me.
Mary Kom / Boxer
Different
Fit
Little Bit
Muscles
Normal
Perfect
Perfect Fit
Weight
Little
Category
Lots
Does
Bit
Before
Depend
Drinks
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