My main goal for taking up acting as a profession was to show that sport or MMA teaches you life skills that can be applied to any profession in the world.

I switched between professions that are like chalk and cheese.

I have this ambition that when I become powerful and famous, I will host an event of boxing or kick-boxing, which the entire nation watches. That way, this sport will gain attention. People will realise that there is a lot of talent in India.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society.

I think one of the big things with Jonathan and me is that, you know, we love to compete, but it's not a matter of competition to knock each other down. It's a matter of pushing each other to do better. And we've always been like that our whole life.

My faith in Islam is not unlike my faith in the game of basketball: Both require immense determination, focus, passion and discipline.

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.