They are 72 students of the University of Navarra who have a added value: to be able to make compatible the university programs of study with the performance sports internship .

Precisely, congratulating them for this reason, is how Professor Gerardo Castillo, doctor in Pedagogy and author of the book "Así conquisté la gloria", began the session "Los secretos del triunfo del deporte", which he gave to the participants of this course hosted by the Sports Talent Program of the University of Navarra.

Professor Castillo assured them that they are a reference letter for today's youth, for being able to get the most out of their time and make sport and programs of study compatible, a binomial, according to the expert "that is not easy to reconcile".

Echoing some of the characteristics that Moto GP champion Jorge Lorenzo points out in his book on the keys to being a issue 1, Castillo wanted to emphasize that all of them - courage and bravery, persistence, keeping "the tiger's eye", knowing how to accept defeat and learn from it, being patient, being "a gentleman" when it comes to recognizing defeat and congratulating the opponent, or gratitude - are qualities related to human values, not technical qualities.

According to Castillo, "when it comes to choosing values, we have a lot at stake, and in today's society, in which we are sometimes witnessing an inversion of values, this is often not easy". The inverted values to the "pseudo-values" to which Castillo has made reference letter, in the case of sport, have been: idleness, caprice, spontaneity in its negative sense, or the reductionism of truth to "my truth" or the truth of the majority, among others. According to the professor, "in the current time of crisis of values, it is essential that parents, teachers and coaches work as a team".

The family, the work, or friendship have been the natural areas pointed out by the expert to discover and develop the authentic values of sport. "There is a globalized mentality that sport is measured only by results, there is a great obsession with competitiveness, but great achievements in sport are not improvised, it is a long and persevering conquest; the patient work , well done and maintained over time".

The Sports Talent Program, launched by the Olympic programs of study Center, aims to offer financial aid and attendance integral to students who combine the university degree program with the performance sports internship .