Rahul Dravid's advice for aspiring cricketers

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“As much as you're growing as cricketers, you also need to grow as people.” Dravid’s advice on handling mental pressure in cricket…

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00:00Just because you're successful at 15 doesn't mean you'll be successful at 19.

00:03Whether you've won or lost, it is not a day wasted.

00:06But there is more to life.

00:07Virat Kohli has as much skills as a lot of other people,

00:10but Virat Kohli is mentally tougher than everyone else.

00:17Experience is not playing more matches.

00:20Experience is learning from matches you play.

00:23You can play 30 matches, and if you don't learn anything,

00:28it's like playing the same match 30 times.

00:31But the people who improve, the people who get better,

00:34are the ones who learn from each and every game,

00:37who get to know themselves better.

00:39So all of you, whether you've won or lost,

00:42it is not a day wasted.

00:43A lot of times people get disappointed.

00:45Oh, we lost the match. Oh, we didn't play well.

00:47I scored zero.

00:48But that doesn't matter.

00:50You've had an experience.

00:51What have you learned from that experience?

00:53That is what will help you.

00:54All of you are young.

00:55It's a journey.

00:57These are just experiences.

00:58There's no good and bad.

01:00People get disappointed very quickly.

01:02What is important is what you learn from these experiences.

01:06This is my experience of coaching over the last few years.

01:10One of the things that I've sort of seen is the boys

01:13who tend to succeed more in pressure situations

01:16or the ones who are succeeding in the big games

01:19are people who have slightly more well-rounded personalities.

01:22So all of you are obviously practicing.

01:26Every one of you practices every day.

01:28I'm sure you're working hard.

01:29I don't need to say these things.

01:30These things are part and parcel of what you are as cricketers.

01:33I'm sure you love the game.

01:34So you practice every day.

01:35Your coaches keep telling you to do that.

01:37But there is more to life and there's more to success.

01:40If you want to succeed in this game,

01:42there's more to it than just practicing your skills on a cricket field.

01:46There's a lot more to cricket than just cricket skills.

01:49A lot of the game as you go higher and higher is about the mind.

01:53It's the mental side of the game.

01:54You need to understand your personalities as well.

01:57You need to know what makes you succeed.

02:02You need to know what situations you feel nervous in.

02:05You need to understand your personalities.

02:07You need to grow as people.

02:08As much as you're growing as cricketers,

02:10you also need to grow as people.

02:12How you handle failure,

02:13how you handle success,

02:14what is your temperament,

02:16you have to work on these things right from now.

02:19Virat Kohli has as much skills as a lot of other people.

02:22But Virat Kohli is mentally tougher than everyone else.

02:24He knows his game better than everyone else.

02:26And that nobody can teach you.

02:28What is going on in your head, only you know.

02:30Even your coach doesn't know.

02:32Even your parents don't know.

02:33Only you know what you were thinking in the middle there.

02:36Only you know what you're thinking when you're going out to bat.

02:39Only you know which situations put you under pressure.

02:42How do I come out of that?

02:44What do I learn from those situations?

02:45Being given the opportunity to play finals,

02:47to play tournaments like this,

02:49is a privilege.

02:51Are you learning from those experiences?

02:53Or are you just playing the match and going away?

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