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“Yes, I'm a practising Muslim, but I don't understand why only I'm asked about my religion. Everyone's got a religion out there. I wonder why no one else is asked about it.”

Sania Mirza

About her religion becoming an issue every time she plays
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“One win and you’re on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament; you’re back to reality.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Sharmistha Chaudhuri "Successful people are targeted; I’m more careful now: Sania Mirza"

“In life there's stuff you can control and stuff you can't. There's nothing you can do about it. No point getting angry and upset because it's beyond your control. As a professional athlete, you learn to roll with the punches.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Prajwal Hegde I am enjoying my partnership with Cara Black: Sania Mirza http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/I-am-enjoying-my-partnership-with-Cara-Black-Sania-Mirza/articleshow/23377486.cms, The Times of India, 2 October 2013

“I will do all I can to win a medal [2012 Olympics]. To see the National flag go up while standing on the podium is the proudest moment in an athlete's life and I will want to experience that for myself in London. Please just keep praying for the entire Indian contingent. We have a really good chance of doing well at these Games and it will provide a huge fillip to Indian Olympic sport if we are all able to perform to potential.”

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Source: Boria Majumdar "I'll play with anyone for my country: Sania Mirza"

“A defeat at any stage, whether in the first round or in the final of a major tournament, is always disappointing. But as sportsmen, we learn to pick ourselves up to bounce back and move on for the next challenge.”

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In Zee News: "Winning Grand Slams is Sania's motivation after London Games"

“The most difficult element is perhaps the lack of privacy in my life.”

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“Well, I've grown up on the tennis circuit which has friendships with people from diverse religions, races, backgrounds and scores of different countries across the globe. I think this experience broadened my horizons. I can comfortably embrace relationships on a personal level while looking beyond narrow constraints.”

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Source: Arun Sharma "Sachin's my inspiration - he's also excellent at tennis: Sania Mirza"

“I think being a woman celebrity is the hardest thing in India…. People will ask many things, what you wear, how you speak, when you will have a baby and other things.”

Sania Mirza

Source: PTI Sania for change of attitude towards women in sports http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/Sania-for-change-of-attitude-towards-women-in-sports/articleshow/24779075.cms, The Times of India, 27 October 2013

“I think people tend to forget that as celebrities we are still human. We have the same emotions - we cry, we have fun, we laugh, we get sad, and we get hurt. When something is written about you, which millions of people are reading, and it is not true, imagine how hurtful it can be.”

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Source: Garima Sharma My husband is very calm and that is very annoying, says Sania Mirza http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/interviews/My-husband-is-very-calm-and-that-is-very-annoying-says-Sania-Mirza/articleshow/17533676.cms, The Times of India, 8 December 2012

“My serve used to be a weakness and I don't think it's a weakness anymore. I'm trying to come a lot more to the net and trying to be more offensive — not in terms of hitting the ball harder, which I think is quite hard for me to hit it any harder than I do — but in terms of building the point and coming to the net and being offensive at the net. A lot of the top girls barely do (come to net) except like Mauresmo or Henin does it a little bit, but a lot of girls don't do it.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Tennis Week "The Tennis Week Interview: Sania Mirza"

“There's no doubt that my forehand and backhand can match anyone, it's about the place that they're put in. I can hit the ball as hard as anyone can, but I think it's more about where I'm hitting the ball. Instead of 90 mph it can just be a 50 mph forehand, but the placement is more important. So I've been working on that a lot more. When you're working on things, maybe your performance drops a little bit or you're trying new things in every tournament you're going in so that's just a process of being an athlete because you're learning, you're adding new things to your game. When I sit with my notes, for instance, instead of hitting a hard forehand return, I would like to hit an angled forehand return instead.”

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Source: Tennis Week The Tennis Week Interview: Sania Mirza http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=148586&page=98

“It's been 20 years since I started playing tennis and I've spent a decade playing singles and doubles professionally. I still enjoy singles and may play in an occasional tournament or at the Fed Cup if my country needs me. But I think the time has now come for me to completely shift my focus onto doubles.”

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In Zee News: "Winning Grand Slams is Sania's motivation after London Games"

Sania Mirza Quotes about people

“We players are as normal human beings as anyone else, and we also have the right to live a normal life. I don't understand why people talk so much about the way we dress up, how we walk, what we eat, and every little detail of ours. Players are the real heroes. Sports have both respect and fame, and I am fortunate enough to be a sportsperson.”

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Source: Ekta Yadav "Bhopal's adulation has energised me: Sania Mirza"

“Whether it is tennis or any other sport, the situation for women now is far better than it was 10 years ago when I had started playing. Now, people support and promote their daughters to play and take up sports as their career. It wasn't the case during my time. I am glad that things are looking better for girls. Taking a step in this direction, I too have opened my training academy in Hyderabad. Sport for girls in India is in great shape now.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Ekta Yadav "Bhopal's adulation has energised me: Sania Mirza"

“Playing for the country is an honour. The ultimate honour, in fact. If you want to look at it as pressure, you will find it very difficult to cope with the expectations of a billion people. I look at it as an opportunity, as being among the few who have been given this opportunity to make the country proud.”

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Source: Boria Majumdar I'll play with anyone for my country: Sania Mirza http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Ill-play-with-anyone-for-my-country-Sania-Mirza/articleshow/14740066.cms?referral=PM, The Times of India, 8 July 2012

“Six-year-old girls in a place like Hyderabad did not play; tennis was a recreation like badminton or gardening. So I draw inspiration from my parents. Steffi Graf has always been my tennis idol; always Steffi Graf. Just the way she was and the way she carried herself on the court and off the court. She does inspire me today. Everyone asks me "Who is your favorite tennis player?" And I always say "Steffi Graf." I just cannot imagine anyone being better than her, you know? I think a lot of people love Steffi Graf for the way she was on and off the court.”

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Source: Tennis Week "The Tennis Week Interview: Sania Mirza"

“Indian Gold, Indian tea and Indian petrol to the nation: When car manufacturer Hyundai made her brand ambassador for their Getz model, production capacity doubled. She had not yet won a major tournament, but her fame was spreading well beyond Asia: soon she would be on the front of Time magazine and selected by the New Statesman as one of 10 young people with the potential to change the world.”

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Sania Mirza Quotes

“Too much going on, never in my life thought that I'd had to worry about anything of this sort, rather than my mehendi!”

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Source: PTI Me and my family know the truth: Sania http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-04-03/news/27587127_1_siddiquis-pakistani-cricketer-shoaib-malik-sania-mirza, The Economic Times, 3 April 2010

“Leaves me with no choice but to laugh. I am pretty sure these are not the pre-wedding jitters or butterflies in the stomach my married cousins were talking about!”

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Source: PTI "Me and my family know the truth: Sania"

“I don't think I have made any deliberate or conscious attempt to represent the new generation. I am what I am.”

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At age 19
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“On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents.”

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Source: Arun Sharma Sachin's my inspiration - he's also excellent at tennis: Sania Mirza http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/interviews/Sachins-my-inspiration-hes-also-excellent-at-tennis-Sania-Mirza/articleshow/26167479.cms, The Times of India, 22 November 2013

“I'm not a part of the glamour industry. I would like to focus on my game, and there are minimal chances of me getting into films.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Ekta Yadav Bhopal's adulation has energised me: Sania Mirza http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/interviews/Bhopals-adulation-has-energised-me-Sania-Mirza/articleshow/24608895.cms The Times of India, 24 October 2013

“The honour and respect that a country earns by being represented at mega-sporting events like the Grand Slams has to be seen to be believed, experienced to be fully understood.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Arun Sharma"Sachin's my inspiration - he's also excellent at tennis: Sania Mirza"

“The facilities at that point in India were not up to international standards and the lack of tennis culture did make things more difficult.”

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When she started learning to play tennis
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“Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. As tennis players, what we do is not the healthiest thing. We almost abuse our bodies.”

Sania Mirza

In Zee News: I quit singles to prolong my career, says Sania http://zeenews.india.com/sports/tennis/i-quit-singles-to-prolong-my-career-says-sania_757389.html, 2 March 2013

“Of all the sports I've seen, I think tennis is the most competitive sport in the world. Because we are playing week after week, 36 weeks a year competing against the same players over and over again.”

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Source: Tennis Week "The Tennis Week Interview: Sania Mirza"

“One of the thrills of playing at the top tennis centres of the world is to see the Indian flag go up whenever I`m participating in these events. That's enough motivation for any Indian who has the opportunity to perform at these tournaments.”

Sania Mirza

In Zee News: "Winning Grand Slams is Sania's motivation after London Games"

“Negativity sells. I have been labelled a rebel. If I had been one, would I have got married at 23? Would I have been a straight student?”

Sania Mirza

Source: Sharmistha Chaudhuri Successful people are targeted; I’m more careful now: Sania Mirza http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/tennis/successful-people-are-targeted-i-m-more-careful-now-sania-mirza/article1-1155050.aspx, The Hindustan Times, 23 November 2013

“I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport.”

Sania Mirza

In Zee News: Winning Grand Slams is Sania's motivation after London Games http://zeenews.india.com/sports/tennis/winning-grand-slams-is-sania-s-motivation-after-london-games_747629.html, Zee News, August 17, 2012,

“Injuries can end a sportsperson's career and I am glad I have been able to make a comeback and make it to the world's top 10 in doubles and have done reasonably well in mixed doubles. I always believed I had tennis left in me and I am grateful to god for this opportunity.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Boria Majumdar "I'll play with anyone for my country: Sania Mirza"

“When I got married I thought I would have kids early, but the more I'm playing, the more I'm enjoying it. I really enjoy competing.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Prajwal Hegde "I am enjoying my partnership with Cara Black: Sania Mirza"

“You can either agree with me, or be wrong.”

Sania Mirza

Her T-shirts slogan
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“When a woman wants to do something on her own way, she is criticized, dubbed as a rebel. I (too) was stated an arrogant. However, I stuck to my guns and today I am at this place. We have to fight in order to move forward in this men's world.”

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Source: PTI "Sania for change of attitude towards women in sports"

“I'm partial to stilettos. Stilettos and long, flowing dresses are my new favourites. I like my dresses in lively shades these days, a teal or bright mix of orange and red.”

Sania Mirza

Source: Prajwal Hegde "I am enjoying my partnership with Cara Black: Sania Mirza"

“Well, I'm not a yoga person. I've been told to try yoga. I just can't get myself to do yoga. I pray four or five times a day so it's about 10 minutes of total concentration… Also because when you're trying to focus only on God, you're trying to get everything else out of your head and just have that single focus. Trust me, it's very hard to do that four or five times a day. I mean, it's hard enough to do it once a day, but four or five times a day to just switch off the world and focus everything on God is difficult to do, and I do try to do that. I think that's one of the reasons yoga is not part of my routine and I feel this is better because I am actually being constructive, but in yoga I'm just going blank.”

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Source: Tennis Week "The Tennis Week Interview: Sania Mirza"

“The media is only concerned with trying to sell themselves through concocted w:Sensationalismsensationalism. I try to avoid them and rarely read their concocted stories.”

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Her expression of indignation, common to all emerging celebrities
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“As I came to the lime light, the media asked me many questions. A lot many moral policing… 'Wear this, wear that, why a T-shirt?' Everybody has the right to form their opinions, and I have the right to ignore them.”

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Source: PTI "Sania for change of attitude towards women in sports"

“All I want to do is play.”

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Admn in: Sania appointed Telangana’s Industrial Brand Ambassador http://www.indtoday.com/sania-appointed-telanganas-industrial-brand-ambassador-indtoday-com/, indtoday.com, 22 July 2014

“She is betraying both nations, she neither lives here (India) nor in Pakistan, but she resides in Dubai. We request the Indian Government not to allow Sania to represent India and let her reside in Dubai.”

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“She is fearless about going for the shots. She just believes that all her shots will go in.”

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John McEnroe, after watching her play at the US Open in 2005
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“She proves that young Muslim girls can make a mark if they are given the right chances… Many Muslims in India are economically and educationally backward; she has given the community new hope.”

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Akhtarul Wasey, director of the Zakir Husain Institute for Islamic Studies in Delhi
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“When she first emerged, she was celebrated as an example of how well religious integration was working in a country that has a Muslim president, a Sikh prime minister, and a Christian leader of its Congress party. The controversy over her clothes was seen as an absurdity by mainstream Muslim leaders.”

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“She is a very talented player. I see a very good future for her.”

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Serena Williams in 2006
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“A couple of weeks ago, the 21-year-old was photographed with her feet up while watching a colleague playing in an international exhibition match in Perth, and the proximity of her toes to a nearby Indian flag raised temperatures in her home state to vindaloo levels.”

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Martin Johnson in: Sania Mirza is failing to fly the flag for India http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/australianopen/2289112/Sania-Mirza-is-failing-to-fly-the-flag-for-India.html, The Telegraph, 16 January 2008

“She is the pride of Hyderabad and hoped she would soon become No 1 player from her fifth position. The government would extend all support to provide her best training and other facilities.”

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K Chandrasekhara Rao in: "Sania appointed Telangana’s Industrial Brand Ambassador"