The Key Of Success

My goal is always about improving my performance. Experience is the key. Consistency after hard work...........Datuk Nicol Ann David

  Datuk Nicol Ann David  is a Malaysian retired professional squash player. She was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, ceding the ranking in September 2015 to Raneem El Weleily. She has won the World Open title a record 8 times in year 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, as well as the British Open title in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. In July 2016, she reached her 151st successive month in the top 10, breaking the record in both men's and women's category. She surpassed Peter Nicol's records of 150 months. Datuk Nicol Ann David is the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice; in year 1999 and 2001 under Richard Glanfield. She maintained the only female squash player to have achieved this until Raneem El Weleily won her second World Junior Championship in year 2007. David joined WISPA and turned professional in year 2000 when she won her first WISPA title, after only a month on the tour. The victory came in February, when she defeated Salma Shabana in the final of the Savcor Finnish Open. On 7 June 2008, Datuk Nicol Ann David was honoured with the Order of Merit in conjunction with the birthday of the His Majesty Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. She was the first recipient of the award which was established on 26 June 1975. David was also invited to carry the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to the Athens Olympics in year 2004 and appointed as UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Malaysia. Considered by some the greatest women's squash player, David's other notable achievements include the Asian Squash Championship, which she won a record nine times (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2015). She also held a 13-month, 51-match winning streak, from March 2006 until April 2007, when she finally lost to Natalie Grinham in the final of the 2007 Seoul Open. David has also obtained the WSA Player of the Year on seven occasions, 2005–2010 and 2012. In a poll conducted in 2018 by the Professional Squash Association, David was voted by fans as the greatest squash player of all time in the women's category. In February 2019, Nicol announced her retirement plan, and decided to retire at the end of the 2018/2019 PSA season in June. In another poll conducted by the World Games in 2021, David was crowned as the World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time with receiving a total of 318,943 votes and being the only Malaysian and Asian athlete among 24 candidates.

  Do you like to play squash? If yes, the athlete above is a good example for you. She, as a squash athlete, experiences a lot of practices, followed by her dreams. She is very ambitious. Her quote above teaches you that when you want to do something, you need to have a target and dreams, and, you need to put your utmost on it, but in a precise way. Practice makes perfect. The longer you do, the more you get. That is why you should do it, you should learn like Datuk Nicol Ann David.................