[ShepherdsDog]

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We all know or have run into a few of these 'sports' parents, where they pile their dreams of fame onto their kids shoulders, whether it's hockey, baseball, football or basketball.

[Regina]

So true!
Bob McGowan's book 100 greatest hockey arguments has great stats backing that one up. And that's just one sport.
Physical and mental genetics, training and exposure to the sport you maybe gifted in are the only avenues to making pro anything.

You can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit

[raydan]

So many try, but only a few get to play pro sports...

[Tyler_1]

My kid was the pace car in the running things.
Just saying.