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The title resembles a thought, that some of the defense services of different countries like to believe-in. The most popular one is  Once a Marine, Always a Marine,  by the US Marine Corps with the motto Semper Fidelis or Semper Fi meaning, always faithful or always loyal. Athletes are loyal too, aren't they? They dedicate their lives for that one thing they have believed - in, with enormous support from their families, friends, followers/fans & also the governing bodies of that country as well as respective national sports federations (NSF) to some extent. I came across this, loyal/faithful thought from a series on Amazon Prime named NCIS . One of the characters is Leroy Jethro Gibbs - who is a marine, and keeps reminding everyone around him what it means to be a marine, and there is no such thing as an ex-marine/former-marine . Well, the same concept applies to the athletes. Doesn't it? Once an Athlete, Always an Athlete, and there is no such thing as an ex-athlete...

When it comes down to ranking the best sport, we have different views & ranks for all the different flavors & the variety of sporting activities we can find in different corners of the world. Cricket seems to find a spot in Top-10 every year because of the ICC World Cups or the T20 extravaganza or maybe the moneyball that happens around via T20 leagues across Australia, India, South Africa, Pakistan, England & many more. If we compare the top-ranked sport in the world, it is necessary to catch-up with the recently hot-topics going around - the MS Dhoni saga & the wicket-keeping standards he has set for the players to fill for the vacant position.  To get to some answers, we will have to go through a story of which I’d like to call the wicket-keeping-batsman era of world cricket because it is not just MS Dhoni, there has been an equal contribution of Kumar Sangakkara and Adam Gilchrist who have changed the perception of being a solid pillar for the batting unit whil...

Image Reference: https://joelkimmel.com/tag/sports-fans/ “My favorite part of the game is the opportunity to play - Mike Singletary” . We all have had an equal number of opportunities in our lifetime. Some may appear when ‘we want them’, many of those would only appear to us ‘when deserve them’, but sooner or later we will get a chance to prove ourselves. Being an athlete this task is even harder, since you have a constant pressure of being watched, judged, and often criticized by many known personalities & mostly the people we don’t know, the fans aka well-wishers or commonly known as followers/supporters .  An athlete, always waits for the right moment with his full potential to grab that opportunity in-order to prove his/her worth to the people around & to the people who may or may not have heard the name or had a glance of their performances. Grabbing that opportunities will reveal its challenges where the responsibilities are relatively tough with an additional layer ...

Sports Management: Ethics | Values | Passion | Knowledge | People skills | Teamwork.