Top 37 Quotes & Sayings by Mary Kom

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian athlete Mary Kom.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom is an Indian amateur boxer, politician, and incumbent Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six times, the only female boxer to have won a medal in each one of the first seven World Championships, and the only boxer to win eight World Championship medals. Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she is the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and winning a bronze medal. She had also been ranked as the world's No. 1 female light-flyweight by the International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA). She became the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games in 2014 at Incheon, South Korea and is the first Indian female boxer to win gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times. Mary Kom won the 51kg gold in President's Cup in Indonesia.

Indian - Athlete | Born: March 1, 1983

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I took up boxing out of sheer interest and to help my parents financially.

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I am blessed with a reasonable athletic talent and was an athlete in school.

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I look like I'm Chinese or Thai or Japanese - very different.

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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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You can't walk away from your responsibilities and commitments.

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I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.

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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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Every medal I have won is a story of a difficult struggle.

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My dream is to produce thousand Mary Koms.

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If I can achieve success, then anyone can.

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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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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.

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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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I started athletics in 1999, throwing discus and shot put. I didn't tell my family when I started boxing.

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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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Youngsters taking up boxing will get a lot of encouragement to do something for the country, seeing my laurels.

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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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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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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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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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In a sportsperson's life, pressure is always there; you have to learn to deal with it.

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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.

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At school, my favourite subject was social studies.

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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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Without boxing, I can't live. I love boxing.

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I'm grateful to the state and central government for all their support for my academy.

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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.

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If you are good at something, and especially, if people who matter tell you that you are good enough, you must follow that sport.

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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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The truth is, the harder you fight, the sweeter are the rewards in the end.

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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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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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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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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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I loved playing in the fields back home and racing with my fellow students on the way to school.

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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.

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Never buy gold, simply earn it

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