Chances for a Pro Athlete?

eindtrecht
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:13:05 +0000

Firstly, thanks a lot for the insightful responses. I really want to make this happen…

To answer peoples questions. The one about european experiences and languages. The funny thing is that I play in France (I’d say what team, but I’d like to keep my anonymity). I can speak English, French, German, a little bit of Spanish, and I can understand most of Dutch. Considering all the travel, and all the new teammates that come from all over the place, its common for a footballer to learn a lot of these languages.

Also, I’ve traveled a lot with the team. I’ve been to pretty much all the countries in Europe. It’s pretty common to see some political leader or some big guy from a big corp attend the games and watch from the luxury suites. So, we as players usually get a chance to talk to them after the game.
Strictly speaking, I can just have one of these people make a few phone calls and make the necessary “arrangments”.

However, I don’t like to ask for favors, and I really want to get into the school on my own. I mean just getting into the school is a challenge I would like to overcome without any help.

Taking the SAT/ACT is a good idea. I’m sure now that I have all the time in the world, I can improve that score. When I took it four years back, I studied a little bit for it. But not as much as I should have.

Also, for people saying I might have become less smart after taking a 4 year leave, i don’t think that’s true. A soccer player’s typical day is done before lunch time. Playing snooker and playstation with teammates everyday after training is only fun for so long. While in high school, I absolutely hated to learn new things Reading was something I done vie cliff’s notes. I just did it for the hell of doing it. In the past four years, I was flying through a book a week (No, these were not picture books). I would attend random ass lectures in town. Also, I’ve attended the local college as a part timer and took a lot of accounting and finance courses.

Funny how I actually start showing importance to academics after I got out of school.

Also, I got a lot of volunteer activities with the local community. They were mandatory for members of the team but I genuinely liked attendin these events.

Once again, I really am not looking for a job after college. I’m just doing it to cross of another big thing from my life list.

So, thanks a lot for the help. If anyone has anymore tips, let me know.