Tendulkar praises specially-abled, visually impaired athletes

Cricket icon and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar Saturday said specially-abled and visually impaired athletes were the greatest examples of those making the impossible possible.

Tendulkar was addressing a gathering at the 'Khasdar Krida Mahotsav' initiative of Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur.

Tendulkar,citing an example of the 1990s when he participated in a cricket match for the visually impaired, said he tried playing with his eyes closed.

"A lot of times, we say it is impossible but the word impossible also says that 'I'm possible'. Specially-abled and visually impaired athletes are the greatest examples of this," he said.

"And this we realise when we spend time with these athletes. How much skill they have and how nicely their senses work and how much we can learn from them," he added.

Tendulkar said one should appreciate and value what he or she had and progress in that.

Praising Gadkari for the initiative, Tendulkar said "success is never guaranteed" and added