Sach a character

Loads of words have been written about Sachin Tendulkar, his style of batting, his records, his back foot punches and comparisons with Don Bradman. But seldom do we think or write about his character.21years into the game, the man is still in top gear in all formats of the game. He always comes to the field with the weight of the expectations of one billion people.Still he is performing, performing better than players who were not even born at the time he had started playing international cricket(we can’t fathom his talent and genius with the yardstick we use for others).
I was just thinking about the sacrifices he would have made, the devotion he has for his profession and the fire he keeps flaming in him, truly amazing. Detractors(I would like to call them unadulterated garbages basking in the glory(they think so)of their inferiority complex) had questioned his abilities in many occassions, but we have never seen him reacting.A godliness prevails in all his movements, in all his activies and even in the way he speaks.There has not been a single day in my life, as far as I can remember, without his presence in some form or the other, like all indians of our generation. He has inspired a whole generation with his inspiring exploits on the field and the humbleness he keeps off the field. Take a bow, master, your name will always be there in the top not as a great cricketer, but as one of the greatest sportsmen in the history of mankind, with the likes of the Peles, the Lewises, the Jordans and the Armstrongs.