Driven by Instinct

I read this news piece that suggested that Sourav Ganguly is likely to open the batting with Sachin for the world cup. It is justunbelieveable that a person can come back this strong after being dropped in the most unceremonious manner. I try to drawinspiration from stories like this - Sourav Ganguly, Lance Armstrong, Steve Jobs - Icons in their own respect who have witnessedthe peaks and troughs and come back stronger.
That opens up the topic of "Mental Strength" - How do these people draw strength, courage and hope to fight back. I have beenin troughs in life where the easiest option was to run away from reality. Althought I believe I have become mentally stronger thanI have been in the past, I continue to get inspired by these stories, which means there is always room for improvement.
These troughs could be personal failures, rejections, professional failures, mistakes, losses - having witnessed most of theseat various scales, I know the approach to each one of them would be different every time I face it - but does my mind tell me toapproach it differently or is just growing stronger through each experience. I would love to take a sneak peak into the minds of these people who have fought back - It is a no brainer that Sourav dada cannot play short pitch stuff - He just can't - but its the strenght of his mind that drives him to face it.
I know I am heading into a phase where I will have to make tough decisions - choices that I have had in the past - unfortunatelyI cannot say that I cannot see beyond the choices I do not understand because these are choices I have understood wellin the past and knew of the consequences - but I still chose them not because I was scared of failure, not because I felt akward,but because my instinct told me to.
Now where did this instinct come into the picture - I thought there was just mind and body - Instinct ? Well, thats the power of a complex system called a Homo sapien. Instinct tells us to do things that rationally we wouldn't - but it does grow more rationallike the mind and body, understanding the consequences of decision driven by instinct - So is instinct just a mask that we put onto break the rules that govern the rational functioning of the mind and body - I think so !
Do great men break rules ? Some do break them but the best one's bend them. As I venture into a territory where I know instinctively that I am going to face rejection and failure, I am not scared and nor am I feeling that there is no need to do it - Why ?Because I know I am doing the right thing - I am not going by the rules - Mind, body and instinct are telling me in unison to act andI will - Because one day I know I will be able to portray instances of fighting back - and fighting back strongly.
I have never looked forward more to seeing Sourav and Sachin walk out to face bowling attacks - because I know they are menwith mental strength who can rule over their physical weakness and technical flaws.