The Rani of Indian Hockey

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Born to a cart puller in Haryana her himmat helped catapult India’s run at the Tokyo Olympics. This is Rani Rampal’s ‘Story of Himmat.’ #ThodiHimmatThodaIodex #DontStopYourselfStopThePain

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00:00Hi, I am Rani Rampal, captain Indian Women's Hockey Team.

00:30If I can do it, I think every girl can do it.

01:00But I wanted to start right away. I wanted to play, I wanted to play.

01:09Then one day they thought, okay, you are winning so much, so let's keep it and see.

01:30Most of the kids, even I come from a very poor family, so I couldn't afford it.

01:35And then slowly, you know, you have a motivation that if I play well, I will get a new stick.

01:46It's so cold in December and January, but you are still leaving your house at 4.30 in the morning for training.

01:52I think being stubborn in life is not a bad thing.

01:56And when you do everything to fulfill your desire, the first thing is courage.

02:11I was so happy and almost crying.

02:14And I had a very proud feeling that I would get to play with those athletes whom I considered my idols.

02:26I am still getting goosebumps when you put that color.

02:47It's the biggest honor to put that color for you, for the country, when our national flag is in front of us,

02:54you can never get a better feeling than that in the world.

03:06Injury also teaches you a lot.

03:08If you are a top level elite athlete, then you never play completely pain-free.

03:14Your training load, intensity work, it becomes too much.

03:19Everything is with your body.

03:21If your body is fine, if your body is reacting, then you can play.

03:25If your body is not reacting, then it is very difficult to play.

03:27But you should not lose hope.

03:29Injury also makes you a strong athlete.

03:41As an athlete, it is very difficult to physically, mentally, emotionally push yourself for another year.

03:47To get there, you have to do penance for 4-5 years.

03:51For me, what was more important than Padma Shri was that my father got a compliment from the Prime Minister.

04:19He said that you fed your daughter when no one wanted to feed her.

04:23So I salute you.

04:35My personal experience is that if you don't want to win, then you can't achieve it.

04:40You need a lot of courage to be brave.

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