Quotes

• • 1.”The real flight of this hawk is impending.”

• • 2.”“No matter how great a loss, time always heals the pain, even though the scars remain.””

• • 3.”“Sometimes when you help someone else, you also end up helping yourself””

• • 4.”I was inspired a lot by Swami Vivekananda, and cricketer Yuvraj Singh who beat cancer.”

• • 5.”I have seen hard times in my life. I lost my foot and was badly injured after a gang of thieves threw me out of the running train. I laid down on the tracks for hours and later was hospitalised. I could have failed and died.”

• • 6.”Mountaineering is more about mental strength to conquer rather than physical.”

• • 7.”I resolved that I would not let the fear of death hold me back.”

• • 8.”I was a sportsperson and had always been so independent. And then suddenly, I had lost such a key part of my body.”

• • 9.”My life from the railway track to Mount Everest has been one of struggle. Bachendri Pal and Tata Steel believed in me at a time when I couldn’t even walk so I’m very grateful to them.”

• • 10.” I stubbornly chose the most difficult sport for myself. When I reached the summit, I felt like screaming at the top of my voice. I wanted to tell the world: here I am. I have saved that moment inside me.”

• • 11.”During my Mount Everest journey, I have gone through a lot many troubles, but at the end, I completed my journey and created a history for India.”

• • 12.”If god closes one door, he opens 10 other doors. I believe Im alive today to achieve something. Set the goal and work relentlessly without fear.”

• • 13.”I knew that there would be climbers around me who would reach the summit faster. I was warned not to be hasty.”

• • 14.”I have already done seven highest peaks. Now, I want to open a sports academy for children, people with disability and help them rise as I did.”

• 15.”On a mountain covered with ice, the sharp points in front of your shoes help cling and climb. But on Carstensz Pyramid, I had to pull my body upward.”