Quotes from Jwala Gutta

Eight to ten hours in a day is the maximum you can give to a sport, any sport. After that, I should be free to do what I want.

If you are a famous personality, you should talk responsibly.

When I play for the country, I represent the country and not any specific government that is ruling or not ruling.

I am vocal and I have had to pay a huge price for that.

I was very different from other badminton players. I did not bring badminton home. I wouldn't eat, sleep, drink badminton or talk about it to friends.

People don't take badminton seriously. When I played, people never took me seriously.

If not badminton, I would have played some other sport.

You are patriotic when you condemn and fight for fellow citizens. That is patriotism for me.

People anyway didn't take me seriously because of the way I look. And for some reason, there's this Indian perception that sportspersons should look wanting, they should look like they've put up a real struggle.

In fact, I am a bit apprehensive about biopics on sporting personalities in our country after seeing a few films. But my biopic is not going to be the same; it's completely different.

I've enjoyed my phase of playing women's doubles.

If I lose a match, I don't get sad or feel down. But if I lose a close match, I surely have sleepless nights.

I am born to play badminton and can't think of anything else.

Consistency is most important in international level and once you have it, you become a different player.

China in sports is 100 years ahead of us, there's no comparison.

Being a player, I am supposed to train and practice and only think about my game, what I have to develop and what weaknesses I have to take care of.

I keep cracking jokes a lot.

I am a tall girl and I am not petite so maxi dresses look good on me.

I come from a generation where I did not have any knowledge about racism, trolling or degrading someone because we hardly used to do it to other people.

I have done nothing wrong as captain of the Delhi Krrish Smashers franchisee in the IBL.

Badminton court is my territory and that's where I will do most of my talking.

I don't court controversies, but when I state facts, which are hard to digest for male-dominated authorities, they call them squabble.

Technically, I am not bad. What I needed to work on was mainly on fitness and my court coverage.

I don't think we can even compare ourselves to the Japanese or the Chinese players in any way, given their richly-funded programs and their methodical approach to sport.