Five life lessons we can learn from Sachin Tendulkar's career

For a very long time, Cricket for Indians was watching one man, the most exceptional stroke player possible. It was watching, as they say, God in human flesh.

Cricket was watching Sachin Tendulkar, and while he gave us innumerable joyous moments, there are maybe a few things that he also gave us as lessons from his career.

Here are five things we can learn from his career.

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Practice makes a man perfect

There’s always a lot of talk about Sachin Tendulkar’s staggering numbers and how his abilities ensured that he sustained those numbers. I’m not too sure if even some of us look at the consistency in the work ethic of this champion.

As a schoolboy, Sachin played 55 games without a break. For 55 days, he would practice for 2 hours, play a game of 6 hours, practice for another 2 hours and by the time he returned home (which wasn’t where his parents lived) he was too tired and slept on his dining table.

Let’s recall, how many of us can take up an assignment and say, right, this requires 4 weeks, I’ll be persistent, gritty and dedicated and finish this. How many of us are required to burn those extra hours to create something extraordinary?

Think about it. It is as much of Sachin’s abilities, as it is of his outlandish work ethic that conjures the champion in him.