The Mental Game

Great Sportsmen Aren't Perfect!
On the other side of a slump is victory!
Are you a Winner or a Quitter?
Focus on Dreams
Practice to Perfect!
Failure
Laws of Success in Sport
Sachin Slogs, but Smiles too!
Intimidating Opponents
Step outside comfort zone
Stay in the Present
You are Your Dreams
Enthusiasm
Inspirational Poem

Abebe Bikila

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At the 1960 Rome Olympics, a barefooted African athlete whose name nobody knew astounded the world by winning the marathon and that too in a record time of 2 hours and 15 minutes. With that, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia became the first black African to win a track-and-field gold medal.
He was a member of the palace bodyguard of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie. In 1964, at Tokyo, Bikila, this time wearing shoes, won the gold again, with a margin of more than four minutes. He relaxed a little before the others entered the stadium, lying on his back in the infield and bicycling his legs! He even did a smiling lap of honour. Few among the spectators knew that he'd had an appendix operation just five weeks earlier.
He could not participate in the 1968 Olympics due to a leg injury. The following year he was involved in a near-fatal car crash that left him wheelchair-bound. He died four years later.

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last updated on: 5/14/2021