I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.

I believe, whatever God does, he does it for the good. I always try to look at life like that.

I eat healthy and don't go by a diet chart. The breakfast is usually heavy, complemented with short frequent meals. My dinner is high on proteins and low on carbohydrates.

I have a carbohydrate and protein-rich diet. For breakfast, I typically have two slices of bread with butter or jam, four to five eggs - boiled or fried - a few bananas and a glass of milk.

Sportspersons have to reinvent themselves every day. It helps them improve.

Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.

I've grown up with Bollywood, and I continue to enjoy it. But boxing remains my passion.

I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.

I'm a big fan of the Rocky series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.

I know my Beijing medal has been a watershed moment in the history of Indian boxing , but personally speaking, I would like to better it in London.

I train for around 3-4 hours everyday. It can go up to 6-7 hours when a competition is approaching.

I dream of the stars, ” I let the words slip gaily from my mouth as my imagination finally got carried away. “I dream of taking every one of them in my hands and kissing them.

Always act as if you were seen.

The ones that work out really and ones that become something to the audience, those are the most important people.

Success means being satisfied with what you do every day. It's being proud of the better person you are becoming.

Calm on the listening ear of night Come Heaven's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

Having a voice unlike another means you've "found yourself" as a writer.

Animals are always goddesses and gods, like the god Anubis. He's the one who's accompanying the souls to the next life, and he's the one who decides if they will be able to cross or not.

Learn this well, the last ride is never the last ride. And the end is not the end.

The true poet is all the time a visionary and whether with friends or not, as much alone as a man on his death bed.