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> [I love sleeping and to inculcate the habit of early rising, my dad forced me to take up a sport. That was the only reason I started playing cricket in the first place. And thereafter it continued.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/i-love-sleeping-and-to-inculcate-the-habit-of-early-rising-my-dad/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

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> [The biggest challenge I faced when I started playing in the 90s was my immediate family members were not very keen that I get into sport, leave alone cricket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/the-biggest-challenge-i-faced-when-i-started-playing-in-the-90s-was/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

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## More by Mithali Raj

> [The World Cup, as an event, carries a lot of pressure, irrespective of the number of caps you have earned, and the pressure doubles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/the-world-cup-as-an-event-carries-a-lot-of-pressure-irrespective-of/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [I'm not saying the fact that I am the best T20 player. No! I know where I stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/i-m-not-saying-the-fact-that-i-am-the-best-t20-player-no-i-know-where/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [But as a player, you feel sad that at this level you are being singled out for the fact that I stood up for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/but-as-a-player-you-feel-sad-that-at-this-level-you-are-being-singled/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [As a cricketer and captain, the lowest has the 2013 World Cup as it happened in India. Being the host team, we couldn't qualify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/as-a-cricketer-and-captain-the-lowest-has-the-2013-world-cup-as-it/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [When I am playing, I try to keep the genre very easy-going and breezy. I can't be into the book and not be into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/when-i-am-playing-i-try-to-keep-the-genre-very-easy-going-and-breezy/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [As a captain and as a player I wanted to lead the team well and score runs, because I know the team still depends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/as-a-captain-and-as-a-player-i-wanted-to-lead-the-team-well-and-score/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [All of us at some point have been coached by a male cricketer. I strongly believe that they get a lot of intensity into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/all-of-us-at-some-point-have-been-coached-by-a-male-cricketer-i/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [All of us follow men's cricket because we want at some point that women's cricket would be up there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/all-of-us-follow-men-s-cricket-because-we-want-at-some-point-that/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [Unless there is branding, players will not get adequate payment. Why do we want matches to be televised? Why do we want people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/unless-there-is-branding-players-will-not-get-adequate-payment-why-do/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [From making my international debut as a 16-year-old to now 37, it has been a good 21 years of my prime life spent not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/from-making-my-international-debut-as-a-16-year-old-to-now-37-it-has/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [Cricket is not gender biased. It isn't that men's cricket is different and women's a different one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/cricket-is-not-gender-biased-it-isn-t-that-men-s-cricket-is-different/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [It is the pride to play for India that keeps me going. Not many get a chance to play for India and I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/it-is-the-pride-to-play-for-india-that-keeps-me-going-not-many-get-a/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [With central contracts, you are very well looked after by the board. You do not have to be bothered about anything else. Just put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/with-central-contracts-you-are-very-well-looked-after-by-the-board/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [The first thing my mom told me after I reached Hyderabad was that I won't be going out on a two-wheeler.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/the-first-thing-my-mom-told-me-after-i-reached-hyderabad-was-that-i/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

> [I am from a south Indian Tamilian family, so all my cousins are into academics and I alone was in sports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mithali-raj/i-am-from-a-south-indian-tamilian-family-so-all-my-cousins-are-into/)

[Mithali Raj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mithali-raj/)

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