Archive · 24 Sep 2025
Motilal Oswal Shares Lessons on Failure from Sports Figures
Imagine you're a top athlete, but even the best sometimes don't win!
A business leader shared how famous sports stars like Virat Kohli and Joe Root fail a lot.
They also showed how a coach, Paddy Upton, helps athletes handle these tough moments.
Upton works on the mental side of sports.
He helps players stay focused and bounce back after setbacks.
He coached the Indian cricket team when they won the World Cup in 2011.
He also worked with the Indian hockey team and a chess prodigy.
Motilal Oswal shared insights from sports psychology on social media.
The post cited examples of failure rates among top cricketers.
Paddy Upton is a sports psychologist who emphasizes mental conditioning.
Upton worked with the Indian cricket team during their 2011 World Cup victory.
Upton has worked with the Indian hockey team and chess prodigy D Gukesh.
- Who
- Motilal Oswal shared an excerpt from Paddy Upton’s book.
- What
- Sharing a motivational post about failure being part of success in sports.
- When
- Mid-2024
- Where
- Social media platform X
- Why
- To illustrate that even the best athletes experience failure, emphasizing resilience.
- Source
- Motilal Oswal on X
- Focus
- Mental conditioning in sports
- Paddy Upton's Role
- Mental conditioning coach
- Notable Teams Coached
- Indian Cricket Team (2011), Indian Hockey Team (2024), D Gukesh
- Key Theme
- Resilience and bouncing back from failures