Note: Here, I refers to every yougster.
I am not a person who show interest in a particular field. I always try to be all-rounder. I follow everything and everyone. Since, my childhood, i have grown seeing many legends perform to their level best in their fields.
I watched, man from MATARA and southern southpaw Sanath Jayasuriya, blast bowlers to all corners of the ground. I used to imagine myself sanath and play cricket everytime but never succeded as he did. I don't even remember hitting a six throughout my playing days.
I have seen Andre agassi & steffi graph play volleys past their opponents and win many titles. I always imagined myself in agassi and thought of becoming a star like him. To my bad, i never got a chance to hold a tennis racket throught my life.
I have seen excellent overtaking manuvours of none other than the great Michael Schumacher. I always thought i will drive better than him if i was in that car. Forget about driving, i never got a chance to see a formula one car directly.
I have seen Tigerwoods put par after par and win titles after titles. His dominance of golf field always pulled me to try my luck in that field without success.
I have also seen Michael Jordan put ball after ball into basket and single handedly win matches for his team. I always tried my hands with basketball but it never even fit into my hands.
I have seen chess grand master viswanathan anad, badmintion champion gopichand, WWE star stone cold steve austin, football stars Messi and Ronaldo, etc etc. Can't say in these few sentences, how many legneds have influenced me throughout my childhood.
These legends ruined my life because of their achievements. Because of their achievements i was always day dreaming of becoming like them in their field. I always forget that without any effort i can't achieve something in life.
The geographical, enviromental and family conditions vary for different individuals. Everything played into the hands ofthese legends to achieve something. Ofcourse, not to forget some luck favouring them everytime to survive. And their effort, hardwork and desire to achieve something made them unbeatable.
For me, there were no favours. I was from middle class and can't spend much. Still i was running in the dark to catch something which cost me a lot. I am solely responsible for the position i am in. I should have realized in the beginning all these pros and cons and should have paved my path towards which i can achieve. Instead, i was always day dreaming of something.
Not only for me, for every youngster it is a big problem. Don't know what to do, where to go. They follow others and finally will end in a soup. For any individual, there must be some aims and goals. Adding to that they must develop desire to achieve them. If you are focussed on your end goal facing all obstacles bravely, you will finally win the battle.
And finally, following legends is not a bad thing. But just don't follow blindly. Try to study their tactics, their presence of mind, their sportive nature, their courage. Oh god!!! not only these there are many to learn from them. Learn them and apply them in your field according to the situation. This helps you a lot and legends will be happy that they have shown some way to the future generation.
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