We used to wear a track suit and T-shirt while training. But that did not go down well with the villagers, because women are usually supposed to wear salwar kameez.
Our parents faced more hardship than us. They didn't stop us from training despite hearing the taunts from the people in the village. We were fortunate to have parents like them.
My father gave us inner confidence. He taught us, as young girls, never to be scared.
We did not had enough facilities in the village. My family was also not well off. There was no mat, no gym; we used to wrestle in the mud. It was very different from the national camps where I trained before the Commonwealth Games.
Inner strength is very important.
There is so much discrimination towards women in Haryana.
I believe that if I can qualify for the Olympics, I have the skills to compete at the highest level and do good for my country.
If you are not strong from inside you can never look beautiful from outside.
Things are not going to change until Indian women, and their parents, stop being afraid of what society will say. This is the single biggest obstacle. The fear of what people will say and how this will shame their parents means that women are paralysed.
My father, once he has decided on something, doesn't care about what anyone else thinks. All the men in our family swore at him for training us. His parents said he was mad. But he didn't listen.
I feel that Indian women are too frightened. They all say, 'I can't do this, I can't do that.' Worse, their families don't support them.
Colorado Springs is a very good place to train ahead of the Olympics. We get to compete with different partners, learn different movements, we also get to improve upon our speed, which is very essential.
We had a very hard training during our childhood and I don't want to live it again.
One never knows how a bout is going to pan out and even in last 2-3 seconds things can change.
Sometimes it boils down to a move or two and that makes all the difference.
There were so many times when I felt like running away from the akhada. But now that we are bearing the fruits of all the hard work, we understand its value.
I think staying away from wrestling for two years with injury and the movie, I lost my focus.
No sport is easy, if you spend time away it will be difficult to make a comeback.
Sushil is an experienced player, a big player.
We have regularly won medals at all tournaments and I think after 'Dangal,' the craze for wrestling increased among the girls.
