5 life lessons given by Sachin Tendulkar

2. Let pitfalls make you, not break you

The tennis elbow phase tested Tendulkar like no other

It is inevitable that in a career as long as that, Tendulkar had to have setbacks in the form of injuries. The one which impacted him the most came in 2004 when a tennis elbow almost made him contemplate retirement.

Once he recovered from that phase, it took about three years, we saw a new batsman and post the debacle of the 2007 World Cup, a new Tendulkar emerged, conquering the world like only he could.

Tendulkar began to understand that he had to sacrifice few things to extend his career like limiting the amount of ODI cricket and that helped him and the side as he became a better Test player, with each passing season.