MOTIVATION [part 2]

SUCCESS STORY  {Its Sachin Tendulkar}

Sachin Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973 in Bombay, India, into a middle-class family, the youngest of four children. His father was a writer and teacher, while his mother worked for a life insurance company.

Appointed by his family’s favorite musical director, Sachin Dev Burman, Tendulkar was not a gifted student, but he had always proven himself a leading athlete. He was 11 when he was given his first cricket bat, and his talent in the sport was immediately apparent. At the age of 14, he scored 326 of a world record of 664 in a school game. As his achievements grew, he became a sort of cult figure among the Bombay students.

After high school, Tendulkar enrolled at Kirti College, where his father also taught. The fact that he decided to go to the school where his father worked was no surprise. The family of Tendulkar is very close, and years after reaching the stardom and the cricket fame continued to live next to its parents.

Tendulkar, 15, scored a century in his first-class national debut for Bombay in December 1988, making him the youngest player to do so. Eleven months later, he made his international debut for India against Pakistan, where he famously refused medical care despite being hit in the face by Waqar Younis.

Cricket Superstar

In August 1990, the 17-year-old delivered a saving game 119 did not go to England to become the second youngest player to record a century in the test game. Other famous early highlights included a couple of centuries in Australia in 1992, one of them at the fast track WACA Perth. Underlined his rapid rise to the forefront of his sport, Tendulkar in 1992 became the first international player to sign with the historic Yorkshire Club of England.

In India, Tendulkar’s star shone even brighter. In a country recovering from difficult economic times, the young cricketer was seen as a symbol of hope for his compatriots that better times were ahead. A national weekly came to devote a whole matter to the young cricketer, who baptized him as “The Last Hero” for his country of origin. His style of play, aggressive and inventive, resonated with the fans to the sport, like the modest work out of a field of Tendulkar. Even with his growing wealth, Tendulkar showed humility and refused to flaunt his money.

After finishing the World Cup in 1996 as top scorer of the event, Tendulkar was named the captain of the Indian national team. However, his tenure marked one of the few folds in an otherwise illustrious career. He was liberated from the responsibility in January 1998 and took back a captain in 1999, but usually only won four out of 25 test games in that position.