The ball collector
Many times Zatopek had talks with Abarita about me and the Centre. When we went to play tennis, he came to watch us play. His wife went to see one of her students, who has now become a coach.For over an hour, Zatopek was watching our games. There were no good players there, so I looked like a great player, defeating all the European disciples.
While he was watching, four or five times he ran after the ball to collect it and give it to the person throwing balls to the server. He was enjoying the game like anything, but he never played.
Zatopek and his wife were very nice. Everything went perfectly well. They were so happy that they had come, and we were so happy to have them. They liked the disciples and they were very, very deeply moved.
Sri Chinmoy, Salutations, numbers 1-4, Agni Press, 1981
