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If I were a highly talented (and succesful) athlete I would be even more riled up if people said that all my results are due to my genetics and not my work ethic.
A donkey may never turn in a race horse, but no amount of talent will bring you a gold medal if you don't do the work
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But it's both isn't it. I was better than most people will ever be, with a life of training, the first day I rode a bike, but I will never be as good as a world tour pro, no matter the work I put in. I just don't have the physiology.
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highly talented (and succesful) athlete
are usually a combination of mad genetics and mental dysfunction. There's usually some reason that these people find out about their genetic ability and it's often shit like escapting abusive familes, misfits that can't fit in anywhere socially, all that kind of thing. Dig a bit and there's often trauma somewhere at the top level.
skinny
hippy
Yes, any anyone who pretends otherwise is deluded. I get really riled up by big athletes who say if you work hard you can achieve anything, it's just bullshit.