Athletic accomplishment and academia are not antithetical areas. In other words, if you want to be a successful athlete, you ought to apply yourself to being as smart as possible. Understanding your body can help you to maximize your career. Understanding probabilities, angles, acceleration, force, and being able to manipulate these things are essential in order to be a successful athlete. Applying yourself to learning new words, memorizing information, and proving your knowledge of a subject by performing well on an assessment are all highly valuable skills in the world of professional sports. All this to say, preparing for a life as a professional athlete is a lot more than just going to the gym nonstop. There are plenty of amazing physical specimen in the world who will never make it in the world of professional sports because they can't keep up with the mental side of things. So, if you really want to prepare for a life as a professional athlete, spend just as much effort shaping your mind as you are shaping your body. If you do make it, you'll be glad you did, as this may just be what sets you apart from those around you and helps you go far.
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