“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

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