“I never told my parents that I was doing boxing. They only came to kno...” — Mary Kom Quote

“I never told my parents that I was doing boxing. They only came to know after I became state champion and my name and picture came in the newspaper.”

“I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.”

“I took up boxing out of sheer interest and to help my parents financially.”

“Oh, sure, I love boxing.”

“I was always interested in boxing, and I would go to boxing fight nights just locally on the Gold Coast where I'm from with my friends, and we had seen that there was a local MMA event. We went and got tickets and the person that we received the tickets from was a gym owner and he was a coach there.”

“When I'm boxing, if my career isn't going well, at least I feel mentally and physically strong.”