New Delhi, May 6 -- "Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds."- This is a quote by American basketball legend Larry Bird. This resonates with Larry Bird's life very well, because towards the end of his career, he sustained chronic back pain and heel injuries.

Larry Bird's quote simply means that you need to have an unrelenting persistence in whatever task you do, be it in sports or otherwise. You may have already peaked in your career, but that doesn't mean you just give up.

That is what Larry Bird tries to convey with the "push yourself again and again" phrase. He basically suggests that peak performance is not a one-time effort, and once you reach a goal or get tired, you have to hit the reset b...