I have read couple of autobiographies of scholars (like Said Nursi, Rumi, F. Gulen, Aristotle, etc.), scientists (Captain Custo, Newton, etc.). Nonetheless, I have never read an autobiography of a sportsman. I'd have imagined I would take my time and read about athletes. I was suggested to read a book of Steven Gerrard, soccer player, dedicated to only team, my idol, Liverpool legend.
His characteristics I admire most:
His modesty: once when he was compared with Maldini, AC Milan Legend, he would say, "Maldini?! What I had done compared with him?" Gerrard would say 'King of (AC) Milan' for Maldini.
He's not an accuser, though, oftentimes he takes the blame once the team laid an egg. For instance, a game against Stoke City, his last ever game for Liverpool, was a disaster. They were kissed the dust for 6-1, luckily he (Gerrard) had the only goal for that game. Once Emre Can was criticized at the end of the game on media, he backed Emre Can, "Can is not a sole to blame. We were all at fault during the game. It was a collective failure. I also needed to take a big chunk of blame for that game'.
His loyalty: His loyalty to Liverpool had become a byword. At his pick of his career where his team couldn't even was able to make for top five in the league, he'd got huge offers from big clubs, kings, of Europe. Although, decisions he would been made was crutial and vital, he had preferred to stay his childhood club.
There's many things to talk about. I am not going to spoil it. Although, in four months I barely could able to plow through a book, coz of load of work and some mental impairment i had to give a stop for few months, I enjoyed reading it. To be able to know of someone's life, especially if it is somebody you love, makes you feel like they are one member of your family, you feel like you have been always together like a close friend.
"When you walk, through the storm, hold your heads up..." (p. 432)
'My dad used to say when i was a kid, "This's where it starts. Everything you've done before this has gone"'.
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