You Can Win

“Winners are not those who never fail. Winners are those who never quit.”

Example of Karoly Takacs: "THE MAN WITH ONLY HAND".

In 1936 Olympics There was a shooter named Karoly. He was a member of the Hungarian shooting team. He was a first class world class pistol shooter. .He was expected to win the gold in the 1940 Olympic Game. Those expectations vanished when one terrible day just months before the Olympics,while serving as a sergeant in the army, a defective grenade exploded in his right hand - his pistol hand -and shattered it completely.

Now,he only had two options: to give up his dream and curse his fate for the whole of his life or to stand-up once again for his dream and get what he planned.

At that point most people would have quit But Karoly Takacs was a winner. Takacs did the unthinkable; he picked himself up and decided to learn how to shoot with his left hand.Right after receiving one month of treatment he secretly began to taught himself to shoot with his left hand. He wasn't even able to write with his left hand but he didn't give up. For months Takacs practiced by himself. No one knew what he was doing.

Instead of focusing on what he didn’t have – a world class right shooting hand, he decided to focus on what he did have.

In the spring of 1939 he showed up at the Hungarian National Pistol Shooting Championship. Other shooters approached Takacs to give him their condolences and to congratulate him on having the strength to come watch them shoot. They were surprised when he said, "I am here not to spectate but participate".

when it was Takacs’ turn, the man picked up the pistol with his left hand. He fired shot after shot with his non-dominant hand as the audience watched with their jaw dropped open. And what was shocking was every shot hit the bullseye. All of other players shot with their best hand, but Karoly was shooting with his only hand. Then do you know what happened?-" Takacs came out as the winner of the event".

But his dream of winning the Olympic gold was again shattered. This time because the Olympic Committee canceled the Olympics of 1940 due to the World War II.

Takacs, though disappointed kept hanging on. He waited for four long years hoping to fulfill his incomplete dream in 1944.Unfortunately, the Olympics of 1944 had to be canceled too due to the continued war.But did not give up,He shifted his focus on the olympics of 1948.By 1948, Takacs was 38. In the Summer Olympics held in the same year in London, he was no longer considered the favorite to win the event.Before the event, the reigning world champion asked Takacs what was he there for,Takacs said he was there to fight. To everyone’s surprise, Takacs went on not only to bag the Gold medal but also set the world record in the rapid-fire pistol event..




Motivate yourselves. Inculcate a sense of faith and belief in yourself to achieve the impossible.