Li Ning won six gold medals in gymnastics at the 1983 World Cup. This 19-year-old young player suddenly becomes a man of the world, and he will naturally be ecstatic. He excitedly ran to coach Zhang Jian. He was about to speak, but his dull and deep eyes held him back. He hesitated for a moment and said timidly, "Guidance, why are you not as happy as me?" Looking at the flowers that you have worked so hard to cultivate, how can you be unhappy as a coach? However, he clearly realized that the title of champion has become a thing of the past and tomorrow will be a new blank. How to fill it out is very important!
Huang said to Li Ning with emotion, "Maybe, I am older than you. My eyes are farther than yours! " "Then he said seriously," You are the winner of six world champions, which is worth celebrating. However, you should see that you still have weaknesses. Not all six events have reached the level of real world champions. You won so many world championships at once. Your identity has changed, and I'm afraid I can't manage it in the future. "Li Ning interrupted coach Huang's anxiety uneasily:" Guidance, you should take care of me as before, say whatever you should say and scold whatever you should. "
The coach's pot of cold water just woke Li Ning up. That's true. In several competitions, Li Ning learned more challenges from powerful opponents. If we want to win glory for our country and make a good turnaround in sports, we must not immerse ourselves in the "flower sea" of honor, but must pay superhuman strength and innovate in technology and will. Since then, Li Ning has trained harder. In the face of honor, he thinks more about the coach's words and looks farther and farther.
Li Ning has a wide range of hobbies. He likes music, and he prefers modern music. Fatigue after training is often relieved with beautiful melody. He is also good at painting, especially keen on painting bamboo. "Bamboo is good-natured, not afraid of frost, and tenacious. It gives me spiritual encouragement. " Li Ning often explains this to curious people. At the end of 1983, he met the young painter Wu Dongkui by chance. The painter was deeply moved by Li Ning's ideological realm of not being afraid of strong hands and being brave in struggle. Li Ning admired the painter's exploration of the future and beauty. Their unremitting pursuit of career soon made them close friends.
Li Ning also worshipped Wu Dongkui as a teacher and studied the art of painting. Whenever he has time, he spreads out paper and ink to express his feelings about the beauty of bamboo, and skillfully blends his imagination of the inner beauty of bamboo with his body shape. After several years of hard study and practice, his painting level has improved rapidly. After enjoying Li Ning's works, some painters rushed to ask him for pictures as a souvenir. A reporter asked curiously, "You practice so hard, don't rest on Sunday, go out to play?" Li Ning said with a smile, "Come on, I'm going to the art gallery to see the exhibition this Sunday."