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Sports Athletes who had an attitude problem but are still superstars of their sports
These stars had to deal with severe attitude problems despite being considered legends in their respective game.
Sportspeople can lose their career on the back of their poor performances. While a few continue their career despite performing badly with the hope of making a strong comeback. But players like Virat Kohli, Nick Kyrgios, and others had something else to deal with.
These players have dealt with attitude problems but still are considered to be heroes in their respective sports. Although, someone like Virat Kohli has evolved and has become more mature than others. Here are the five sportspeople that we have handpicked who are legends of the respective games but had attitude problems:
1) Virat Kohli:
Virat Kohli: (Image Source: Twitter)
Virat Kohli, is currently, hailed as one of the honest and genuine cricketers. But the world saw a different version of himself during his younger days. The youngster was so aggressive that he showed a wrong finger to the Australian crowd for mocking him. The picture went viral and the player later apologized for it. With time, the 33-year-old reduced such antics and showcased an alternate version of himself to the world.
2) David Warner
David Warner: (Image Source: Twitter)
David Warner is considered to be one of the greatest batters in Australia. Besides, his stellar knocks on the field, the southpaw is also known for his dancing skills on social media. However, in earlier days, he used to get in trouble more often than not. The left-handed batter beat Joe Root after getting drunk and was eventually dropped from the squad. The batter then apologized for his mistake and took the pledge of not repeating such mistakes.
3) Sushil Kumar
Sushil Kumar: (Image Source: Twitter)
The Indian wrestler was considered to be the legend of the game. The wrestler carried the Indian flag in the 2012 Olympic games. Such was his stature in the country after bagging a bronze in the 2008 Olympics and a silver in the 2012 Olympics. However, things took a turn when the Delhi police arrested him in a murder case. Since then, the 39-year-old has been experiencing the darkest phase of his life.
4) Nick Kyrgios
Nick Kyrgios: (Image Source: Twitter)
Needless to say, the Australian tennis star is one of the best in business in the current era. With aggression, fire, passion, skills, energy and dreams, the ace tennis star bagged titles after titles to his name. Albeit the Australian is still considered to be the best in the modern era, there have been many shameful events where he has been directly involved. From abusing the match referee to breaking the rackets, the 27-year-old has been involved in all.
5) Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez: (Image Source: Twitter)
Luis Suarez, the Uruguayan soccer legend is considered to be a great in the game. With 132 goals for Uruguay, the striker is one of the senior players in the squad. The star had a fantastic run with Ajax, Juventus and Barcelona FC in club games. However, apart from his aggressive striking ability, he could get into controversies as well. He has bit his opponents on multiple occasions and many opined that he had to deal with his attitude a bit.
