00:00it be in the corporate world
00:04or in academia
00:07but I want to tell you this
00:10to earn the right to feel the pressure
00:16is a privilege
00:19pressure is a privilege
00:2226 years ago
00:25a young tennis player
00:29Lindsay Davenport
00:30I don't know how many of you watched tennis
00:33she was about to compete in the final
00:36of the 2000 Federal Cup
00:40against a rival
00:42who has always struggled
00:43who she has never beaten
00:47so Lindsay
00:50went and asked the legendary tennis star
00:53Billie Jean King
00:56for advice
00:58Billie Jean simply
00:59said to her
01:03you are feeling the pressure
01:06and pressure
01:07is a privilege
01:09what she meant was
01:11by reaching to that final
01:15against the world number one
01:17Davenport
01:18had earned the right
01:20to feel the pressure
01:23it also meant
01:24there are great expectations
01:26of her
01:28by her
01:29and by others
01:31with her talent
01:32and performance
01:33she had a real chance
01:35to win it
01:37and
01:38won it she did
01:40I say the same thing
01:42I say the same thing to you
01:43graduating from
01:47with this special university
01:49SAI University
01:51proves that you have
01:52earned the right
01:53to feel the pressure
01:56and this will continue
01:58and you must enjoy it
02:00all through your life
02:01from now on
02:03people expect you
02:05to leave this place
02:07and be brilliant
02:08in whatever you do
02:13so how do you live this pressure
02:16again I have
02:19two things I have learnt
02:20and imbibed in my life
02:22I am going to share it with you
02:25I am a runner
02:28there is a very famous
02:29marathon runner
02:35Yuma Ikanga
02:39he once said
02:42the will to win
02:44the will to win
02:45means nothing
02:48without the will to prepare
02:52so it is not about
02:54whether
02:55you have the willingness
02:56to win
02:58it is always
02:59the willingness
03:00to put in the effort
03:01to prepare
03:02is what is important
03:04this applies
03:06in sports
03:07this applies
03:08in life
03:10so you put in
03:11the hard work
03:13understand
03:13what it takes
03:14to win
03:16and you got to
03:17put in
03:17the preparation
03:20to make yourself
03:23ready
03:24and give yourself
03:26the chance
03:27to win
03:27it also means
03:29failing sometimes
03:31and every
03:33encounter
03:34will always have
03:35setbacks
03:35sometimes
03:36and disappointments
03:38but with every
03:39setback
03:40and disappointment
03:42you have to learn
03:44from that
03:46setback
03:47more importantly
03:48you will learn
03:49to put in
03:50more effort
03:52fear of failure
03:54will always
03:55stop you
03:56from progress
03:57every failure
03:59is a step
04:00forward
04:01and every success
04:02is a step
04:04confidence
04:05forward
04:06and
04:06I
04:08forget
04:09you
04:09have
04:10I
04:10have
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