While celebrating the 5th gold medal by the Nigerian Paralympic team, sports minister has once again annoyed a few Nigerians by saying that winning mentality is more important than training. He stated that the Paralympic team went through the same hardship and poor training as the able bodied team but that did not stop them from winning several gold and silver metals for Nigeria. Minister of sports needs to be informed that even Usain Bolt who is known to be a winner goes through more rigorous training than other athletes. It is only in Nigeria that people who are not trained for certain positions are readily appointed or elected into those positions simply because they have winning mentality. The statement can only make sense when an athlete is saying it to emphasize the need to train the mind. It is wrong for a minister to use such statement to either blame the athletes or exonerate himself from poor performance of the team.
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