Originally Posted by
KingHutch
In terms of the most competitive individual sports with the most money, along the lines of golf, tennis and boxing, is it possible for a person to become the best at the sport without their parent(s) forcing them to play that sport at a very young age?
I mean a kid at age 2 doesn't have the capacity to say I wanna be a pro golfer/boxer/tennis player, it has to be up to the parents to determine that they will play this sport and get very good at it.
By the time most kids are capable of saying I wanna be the #1 golfer, at say age 10, it's usually way too late when Tiger already has 8 years experience on you.
Ridiculous work ethic has to be there along with appropriate genetics but the total immersion of a person in said sport at a young age by the parents also has to be there I think?
Is there a scenario where someone who is one of the best at these kinds of sports has done so through his/her own decision?