The video where Batistuta tells the lessons of humility and discipline that led him to success

“That day I made the first important decision of my life, that day I decided that I should do something more for myself and for them, there are three things that have accompanied me throughout my career: having a clear goal, humility and discipline”, he stressed.

According Batistuta, those three concepts marked his life and, with great emotion, he told how it was that he clung to them to begin to forge his future.

“The mental discipline, the one that never allowed me to give up, the one that always allowed me to keep my ego in the right place, to follow the goal I had up there. The physical discipline to train myself despite the pain in my ankle; the same discipline that I applied every day to get up, prepare the mate and shine my shoes “, Hill.

In turn, he gave another example to highlight how difficult it was and how strong he had to be mentally: “After a year and a half of training every day and studying because they demanded it, my first contract arrived. Not knowing if the sacrifice was going to be worth it because 80% or 99% of the boys my age failed “, he assured.

Finally, he recalled the absurd condition that Daniel Passarella imposed on him and many other players to play the 1998 France World Cup.

“When my career was established, a technician suggested that I cut my hair, something that for me was like the trademark. Humility helped me control my ego, which had it up there and I cut my hair because I wanted to make history in the National Team “, stated ‘Batigol’.

So controversial and out of place was this demand that great figures like Claudio Paul Caniggia and Fernando Redondo placeholder image they refused to comply and missed the World Cup.