When I got up in the morning my body was stiff. My back was tight and I was even finding it difficult to walk to the bathroom.
By Sachin Tendulkar in his autobiography Playing it my Way
Sachin scored a mammoth 143 against Australia in the semifinals and could barely walk with the finals being just a day away, and that too on his birthday.
Sachin couldn't even get out of bed, yet he went on to score another 134 in the finals just a day later.
This is the moment that made Sachin the god of cricket, and that too at the age of 24.
Giving nightmares to Shane Warne by dancing down the wicket and hitting him for sixes, Sachin was the reason why people believed the desert storm actually happened.
This shows tremendous perseverance and desire, and the willingness to do more for his country with a billion hopes on his shoulders.
As entrepreneurs, we all have that responsibility. It's up to us to use that as fuel or turn it into a mountain that can crush us.
The god played it his way. If you want to read more about it, buy the book here.