The biggest downside to being a legend is that everyone else thinks they have a stake in you. They are so captivated by your halo that even the slightest hint of damage to it has them scrambling to protect your legacy.
This holds truest for sportspersons. The glory of their playing years is relived by fans long after they have hung up their boots. As such, preserving their greatness becomes as important as achieving it. Consider how ‘leave the game on a high’ has been chanted like a mantra for just about every athlete after they cross a certain age and enter that tenuous twilight phase. Just a month away from the big 40 and as the last man standing from the ‘golden generation’, Tendulkar now finds himself at the receiving end of advice that would have been laughable at any other point of his career — to ‘get his timing right’.
March 26 2013
Source: For greats like Sachin, legacy is such a burden | Firstpost
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