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Quotes from the Asian Games 2014

By god's grace we won. It was tougher than we expected. Iran is a good team, but we made some mistakes initially and fell behind before recovering. That's what we did. Had we fallen even further behind then, it would have been curtains. -Captain Rakesh Kumar, current captain of the gold medalist Indian Kabaddi team

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By god's grace we won. It was tougher than we expected. Iran is a good team, but we made some mistakes initially and fell behind before recovering. That's what we did. Had we fallen even further behind then, it would have been curtains.

-Captain Rakesh Kumar, current captain of the gold medalist Indian Kabaddi team

 

This win has come after a long time and will help people reconnect with the game. I think the boys throughly deserved the win. Barring the first quarter which Pakistan dominated, India were the better team.
-Ajit Pal Singh, former Indian hockey player

 

I am very happy to win my first gold medal in these (multi-discipline) Games. I have won a bronze in the last Asian Games, a bronze in the Olympics and now the gold. I have sacrificed my family life, left my kids behind and worked very hard. I was always sure of the gold thanks to the support of my countrymen. After three kids I am an Asian Games champion. Thank you so much.
-Mary Kom, Indian Boxing Champion

 

The minute I made the decision to come here, I knew it was the right decision. For me the most important thing was to give India the best chance of winning as many medals as possible.
-Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player 

 

I am really working hard for the Asian Games but the competition in the Asian Games will be different from the World Cup. It is going to be very tough and we need to put in a lot of hard work.
-Deepika Kumari, Indian archer

 

Playing a three-week tournament mid season definitely doesn't make sense if my goal is to break back into the top 100 

- Indian tennis player Somdev Devvarman

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