We reproduce a candid interview that appeared in MiDDAY, from 2005, when Tendulkar was coping with his frustrating tennis elbow injury

Sach is the Art of Coping
- Clayton Murzello (Pgs 133-136)
The weather outside Sachin Tendulkar's Bandra house depicts the state of his cricketing life — gloomy, but not dark. And like we are convinced that the sun will come out, Tendulkar knows that he will take guard soon. Since 1999, he's not been in the best sporting health. Yet, there are indications that he has managed to tide over the crisis with characteristic poise.u00a0Ask him a question about how he has coped with back, foot, finger and elbow injuries and he'll soon add that you forgot the shoulder and hamstring injuries.

In a joyous mood at the Oval in London after India’s Test series triumph over England in 2007. Pic courtesy/Bipin Patel