Tendulkar: Learn lessons from my life
INDIAN cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar believes that sport only recognises performances on the field and not the background of an athlete.
One of the game’s all-time greats, Tendulkar retired in 2013 after breaking a plethora of records during a glittering career.
“Every time we enter the dressing room, it really didn’’t matter where you came from, which part of the country and where you belong. It was a level field for everyone.
“Sport doesn’t recognise anything other than your performance on field,” Tendulkar said during a virtual interaction last week after being named as the brand ambassador of e-learning platform Unacademy.
He spoke about sports being able to unite people through the new initiative.
“You are out there as an individual who wants to contribute towards the team,” added the 47-year-old legendary batsman.
“That is what we want to do, try and share my experiences. (I was) part of different schools along the way and met different coaches. I myself learnt a lot and those are the experiences I want to share [with students]. “We will be conducting classes free of cost, so I think we wanted this platform to be accessible to anyone and everyone,” said Tendulkar. He also advised students to continue chasing their dreams and make an extra effort to reach their goals.
“Continue to chase your dreams – dreams do come true. There are a number of times we push ourselves and we feel like it is a dead end, but it is never a dead end, so take that extra step and you will achieve your goal,” he said.
He also recalled his father, the late Ramesh Tendulkar, who was a professor and spoke about how he travelled through the city of Mumbai to impart lessons to his students.
“When we talk about accessibility, I remember my father. He was also a professor and he would travel from one end to other end of Mumbai and constantly be busy teaching his students,” Tendulkar said.
“Today if he was alive, he would have been really proud of what Unacademy has been able to do, because then not in thousands, but millions would have
had access to him.”