MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar on Friday praised the media for his or her position in serving to athletes to accomplish higher and paintings more difficult on their abilities, emphasizing 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 informed sports activities journalists who accrued right here to have fun 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 assume I might have lined the space that I did. You performed a big position 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 closing one it’s been magnificent. Over the years we additionally become just right pals, to start with it was once only a player-journalist dating however then you definitely get to grasp personalities, you get to grasp 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 might re-run or observe what’s being written about me, as soon as the collection was once carried out then I might take a look at it however now not the following morning or handiest after the sport as a result of I sought after 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 informed sports activities journalists who accrued right here to have fun 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 assume I might have lined the space that I did. You performed a big position 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 closing one it’s been magnificent. Over the years we additionally become just right pals, to start with it was once only a player-journalist dating however then you definitely get to grasp personalities, you get to grasp 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 might re-run or observe what’s being written about me, as soon as the collection was once carried out then I might take a look at it however now not the following morning or handiest after the sport as a result of I sought after 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 stated.