QUOTES FROM THE MOVIE
MOTIVATION
Main Hamesha ye soch ke rota rahiya ke chora hota to desh ke liye kushti me Gold Lata ….. Je baat Mara samajh me naa aayi ke gold to gold hota hai chora laaye ya chori .
Meaning : “ I kept lamenting that if I had a son he would win a gold medal for the country . I did not understand that a gold medal is a gold medal , whether it is won by a son or a daughter ,”
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Ek baat hamesha yaad rakhna beta , agar silver jeeti toh aaj nhi toh kal taane log bhul jayenge , gold jeeti toh misaal ban jawegi .
Meaning : “ If you win a silver medal , you will be forgotten sooner or later . If you win gold , you will set an example . Examples are given , not forgotten ,” he tells Geeta .
Medalist ped pe nahi ugte , unhe banana padta hai .
Meaning : Medalists do not grow on trees , they have to be forged ,” says Mahavir Phogat .
persistence will always take us to the top .
3 . Sacrificing your choices and pleasures today will lead to richer dividends tomorrow . Wrestlers Geeta and Babita forgot childhood ’ s joys and activities , cut their long tresses short despite hating it and followed their father ’ s instructions . When it comes to our life ’ s choices , we always decide according to our convenience , a slight change in plans makes us jittery . Best example is when it comes to losing weight . For most of us , fitness is a challenge and it takes making adjustments , abstaining from junk food , spending time exercising a difficult chore . But if we were to sacrifice all that is unhealthy today , it is we who will be reaping the benefits of a fit and enviable body tomorrow . The pains of achieving it making the achievement even harder won .
4 . Sometimes the old fashioned way is what works best . Geeta , the elder of the Phogat sisters , suffered a lapse in reasoning and felt that the modern trapping and techniques of wrestling is what makes champions . What she forgot was that it was her father Mahavir Phogat ’ s old and traditional techniques that got her into the
competition in the first place . Similarly digital or technology is not always the answer to all our problems . Sometimes we need to step back , do things the oldfashioned way : use pen and paper , walk to our destination , do manual labour and use available resources to finish our jobs .
5 . Parents will always be your support system no matter what . Geeta and Babita Phogat had their father Mahavir Phogat and Daya Kaur and cousin Omkar to always bank upon in any given moment of their life . While earlier the restricted lifestyle made them feel like victims , it was an outsider ’ s perspective that brought them to their senses . They realised the huge battle their father was waging against the odds , against tradition and against society . While we may say it was a parent forcing his dream onto his children , it was this very dream that shaped the children ’ s lives and despite making mistakes , their father stood by them . In life too , we feel our parents are being too over cautious or overbearing and dictating terms , but it is during the moments of need , desperation and success we realise what a big contribution our parents have made to our lives .
WINSPIRE : Empowering youth | February , 2017