Tom Brady has retired, which means the last great QB from my childhood era is gone. This made me realize something, that I guess I knew was coming for a while but couldn’t face the facts. My chances of going pro in a professional sport, are now long gone. I thought I may still have a chance, but this just proves I have no shot at all anymore, no matter how many swishes I make. I’m 25 now man, halfway to 26. In most sports I’d already be considered a veteran, entering my prime. But I will never have that shot, professional sports have passed me by, and I’m okay with that.
WASHED UP
I was incredibly winded after walking up the stairs today. It’s all starting to click that the dream of playing professional sports, will always just stay a dream. I play co-ed arc softball now, I am in the lowest division possible in my men’s basketball league, and I stopped playing touch football on Sunday mornings because it’s too cold outside and I’d like to get a little extra sleep. Some people may have told me my chances of going pro were over a long time ago, but I would just tell them, what would Vincent Van Goh say? “I can’t hear you.”
IM HAPPY
In all honesty it’s probably better that I’ve come to this realization now. Guys who are almost 9 years younger than me are becoming pros. An old man like myself with my achy knees, and sore feet would probably throw my back out on the first play of the game. And now, I get to focus on my passions, and hobbies. Things professional athletes have to wait decades to do. I’ve got more time to blog, read books, spend time with family, take long walks on the beach. I’m happy that I never went pro, I’m better off without it. If I never got injured and maybe worked a little harder, could I have gone pro in any sport I played? Of course.
But that’s history now, I’ll just have to stick with my JV 2013 Basketball Championship (I didn’t play,) and think about what could’ve been if we pulled off that upset Senior year (I played then.) Tom Brady retiring again proved it, my athletic career has passed me by. And I’m okay with it!
