MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar on Friday praised the media for his or her function in serving to athletes to carry out higher and work tougher on their abilities, emphasising that appreciation amplifies efficiency for sportspersons.
“I always feel that appreciation amplifies performance. If there is no appreciation then it is not the right environment for any athlete to express himself,” Tendulkar instructed sports activities reporters who gathered right here to have a good time his upcoming fiftieth birthday on April 24.
“The way you have appreciated my efforts gave me a lot of strength to try harder. There were occasions when I stumbled, I fell down, but this beautiful sport taught me to get back up again and move forward. But to move forward you provided that fuel.
“On an empty gasoline tank I don’t suppose I’d have coated the gap that I did. You performed a serious function in that,” he added.
The cricket icon recalled his association with sports journalists and said it transformed from a player-journalist over the years into friendships.
“Right from my first interview to the final one it has been magnificent. Over the years we additionally turned good associates, initially it was only a player-journalist relationship however then you definitely get to know personalities, you get to know the opposite aspect of a journalist looking for out a citation,” he said.
The batting legend said he would not read what was written about him on a regular basis but that did not have any impact.
“On only a few events I’d re-run or observe what’s being written about me, as soon as the sequence was executed then I’d take a look at it however not the subsequent morning or solely after the sport as a result of I wished to be in that zone.
“I always feel that appreciation amplifies performance. If there is no appreciation then it is not the right environment for any athlete to express himself,” Tendulkar instructed sports activities reporters who gathered right here to have a good time his upcoming fiftieth birthday on April 24.
“The way you have appreciated my efforts gave me a lot of strength to try harder. There were occasions when I stumbled, I fell down, but this beautiful sport taught me to get back up again and move forward. But to move forward you provided that fuel.
“On an empty gasoline tank I don’t suppose I’d have coated the gap that I did. You performed a serious function in that,” he added.
The cricket icon recalled his association with sports journalists and said it transformed from a player-journalist over the years into friendships.
“Right from my first interview to the final one it has been magnificent. Over the years we additionally turned good associates, initially it was only a player-journalist relationship however then you definitely get to know personalities, you get to know the opposite aspect of a journalist looking for out a citation,” he said.
The batting legend said he would not read what was written about him on a regular basis but that did not have any impact.
“On only a few events I’d re-run or observe what’s being written about me, as soon as the sequence was executed then I’d take a look at it however not the subsequent morning or solely after the sport as a result of I wished to be in that zone.
“But in spite of a number of journalists knowing that I do not read the next morning, my relationship was intact,” he mentioned.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com