Someone to lift you off your seat
Written on Thursday, June 15, 2006 by Rohan Koshy
As the football season goes into overdrive i start to wonder about how important the superstars of sports(or for that matter any field) are to the popularity of the sport. It takes someone very special to lift you off your seat. These "gods" as they are usually reffered to in their sport lift the sport to incredible heights of popularity. I got hooked of formula1 when i saw micheal schumacher overcome the odds to win.
Micheal jordan lifted basketball to dizzying heights. I remember gettin up at 5.30 am to watch him come closer than any human to flying. I've really never felt like watching basketball as much once he retired.Can anyone really argue against the fact that the best way to popularise cricket to the rest of the world is to show them sachin play(and destroy australia at sharjah).
The biggest example i've found of a superstar lifting a sport is Lance armstrong. When i first saw the toure de france i wondered what the point was to cycle all that way, but when you hear that he came back from cancer and then won what is arguably the most greulling sports event in the world 7 times in a row inspires you. I dont think anyone cared about cycling that much till he showed up.You cant help but sit up in awe when u see his feet beat up and down like pistons on that bike.
"Some have greatness bestowed upon them". Whether they're gifted with natural ability or just worked harder than anyone else doesn't matter. They get your pulse racing, get you off your seat and get you hooked on the game (or field, like einstein and physics) and inspire.
My tribute to those ones meant to bring happiness to our lives
Schumi, lance, jordan, sampras and federer, rooney and jose and rossi..
