You can't compare yourself with other people, it’s your journey: Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid, the former Indian cricketer, reckons that in order to get success, one should put one’s best foot forward. As per him, people shouldn’t draw comparisons with others and should rather focus on their own strengths. Dravid wasn’t the most attractive-looking cricketer India produced. He didn’t play the ambitious strokes either, yet he managed to deliver day in and day out.

The now 47-year-old ended his career with over 23,000 runs with 48 centuries and 146 half-centuries. In fact, in his only T20I against England, he hit three sixes on the trot and bid adieu to cricket at the highest level.

The Indore-born was an epitome of perseverance and he had the ability to wear down the best of bowling attacks with his grit and determination. Dravid put forth his opinions during an interview with ESPNcricinfo.

Just be the best that you can be, says Rahul Dravid

“Success is being the best you can be. For me that’s it. Personally, at least, at the end of the day success is not about a lot of runs or wickets or things like that. If you are able to sit back and [look back] on your career and say, ‘Hey, I gave it my best shot, I tried my very best’,” Dravid said.

“You can’t compare yourself with other people – at the end of the day it’s your journey, so just be the best that you can be.”

After playing his last competitive match in 2013, representing the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL, Dravid came into coaching roles. Earlier, he said how Kapil Dev, the 1983 World Cup-winning captain guided him in finding a career after retirement.

Under his tutelage, India, led by Prithvi Shaw, also won the U19 World Cup in New Zealand in 2018. Dravid reckons in the road to glory, one has to face much more failures than success.

“In cricket you fail a lot more than you succeed. In batting, in general, you fail a lot more. If you consider a fifty as a success point, you don’t cross fifty in the majority of your innings, so you do learn to fail a lot in cricket, and a guy who has an average of 50 in international cricket has failed a lot more times than he has succeeded,” the veteran added.