What does it take to have confidence?

When I was in Bengaluru last month, I happen to read an article on Sachin Tendulkar.

Once, during an ODI match again India, Brad Hogg [Australian spin bowler] got this prized wicket of Sachin.

I am not sure whether he kept that ball with himself and asked Sachin to sign on it during post match session or whether he asked Sachin to sign the photograph of the dismissal, but what happend next is very interesting.

Sachin took that object [ball or photograph] signed it for Brad Hoggy and underneath his signature, he wrote, "This will never happen again, Hoggy".

And Hogg could never manage to get Sachin out afetr that!

I wonder what does it take to have that much of confidence!!!

Anshul, my nephew who is 7 months old now, started standing without holding anything. He knows (?) that he cant stand by himself for more than 5 seconds and he will be falling down, but still he dont give up.

Everytime he tries to stand, he will do it for 3-5 seconds, he does all the drama to make sure everyone at home sees him standing and he smiles, laughs, claps and finally falls down, only to end up weeping. But it lasts only for 5 mins, and again he does it :)

For them, "No failure is final, until one succeeds"!