Awesome post.
So You Want To Be A Top Pro...Why?
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Awesome post.
Why thank you, sir.
Great post John. I have a great family and what most would consider a great job, but everytime I am in the same room as one of the guys you mentioned above I am envious.
I want their talent, skill and to travel the world. Most won't admit this because they are dumb enough to believe if they didn't work 40 hours a week they could be a top pro. 99% of us don't possess the skill or talent to be a pro so we make excuses as to why we aren't pros. We say there is no money in the game so why try and things like that.
The fact is, there are too many players walking around calling themselves pros when their skill level is anything but. An open player is not a PRO they are short stops and don't have the ability or earning potential of the top pros.
A top pro can make money at this game, golf money no, but money.
Top pros need to run their life like a business. Plan their year in advance and make a business plan. The good ones do this, similiar to the top golf pros, and they live the life they want and play the game they love. Is it always great, no, but who's life is always great we all struggle from time to time.
Nothing in life is easy, but becoming the best at anything is probably worth it in the end.
Perhaps the title is misleading, but I did state that chances of making the top 100 in the world are very slim. Meaning if you're in the top 100 you do OK.
Johnnyt
for the groupies man!
I absolutely refuse to believe there is such a thing as pool groupies....
That's why I want to be the best in the world. I know, I know, unrealistic. But I have some great mentors in the game, I have the drive, and I KNOW I have what it takes.
I beg to differ, my dear.
Pool groupies are very real...pretty sure most of us can attribute a good score that wasnt cash related to pool. Also come on, think of your local pool room, now think of how many guys have dated or slept with the same girl in there. She's not a slut, well not just a slut...she's a pool groupie. Case closed. Where's Carmen Sandiego?
Tell'em Mikey. They don't call us the "Hood ornaments" because we look like a Jaguar now do they?
Nice Par, Craw...sorry watched Tin Cup last night and been laughin every since. Yeah they don't know nothing bout how we get down...there's two kinds of people at the end of a pool game...a winner and a loser...if they don't know well then I guess we know what kind of person they are.
time to find out before you make responsibilities
The time to find out is before you make responsibilities. It is unrealistic for any one person to think they can be the best at anything. Millions of people trying and you think you are going to be the one? However somebody is always the one or among the very elite few. Nobody knows how far they can go without turning loose of all restrictions and trying all out without fear of failure.
I was talking to someone the other day and they asked me if I thought my competition expectations were reasonable and realistic. Absolutely not! However I would have never accomplished the few things I have accomplished had my expectations been reasonable and realistic. As long as what you are doing isn't hurting other people it is far better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all. Who knows, you might not fail.
Hu
The time to find out is before you make responsibilities. It is unrealistic for any one person to think they can be the best at anything. Millions of people trying and you think you are going to be the one? However somebody is always the one or among the very elite few. Nobody knows how far they can go without turning loose of all restrictions and trying all out without fear of failure.
I was talking to someone the other day and they asked me if I thought my competition expectations were reasonable and realistic. Absolutely not! However I would have never accomplished the few things I have accomplished had my expectations been reasonable and realistic. As long as what you are doing isn't hurting other people it is far better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all. Who knows, you might not fail.
Hu
I'll take that to heart, trust me. Thanks for the post.
You just identified a big part of the problem. A lot of these guys can't stand to stick to pool, they have to gamble at other games where they do not have an advantage. The classic example is Cliff winning thousands in a tournament and having to borrow money to leave town after the casino got through with him. Another is Fats. At his all of fame induction speech he is rambling on about what a great card player he was. I've heard others say he made a fortune at pool and lost it all back at cards and ended up living off charity.
The bad part comes when they age and their game declines and they can't make money the same way at the pool table, never saved any of it...not a pretty picture.
You my friend...get it. Thanks. Johnnyt
Well, I suppose I wouldn't be on the receiving end. So there is a slight chance I could be wrong
I just have a hard time imagining that one. From personal experience, it tends to be the other way around. The guys tend to be quite enamored / persistent chasers with the ladies of the sport.
I'm not going to name names but that's wrong....
You can easily go broke and many do.
The biggest problem I've seen is players who think that their chances of winning on the pool table translate into other games, like poker, craps, blackjack, roulette...... the horses..... etc....
These other games can be learned to play and be successful at, but they take as much dedication and natural ability that pool does, and if you think that you're going to be great at everything, then you'll go broke quicker than you can blink.,....
Jaden
You can easily go broke and many do.
The biggest problem I've seen is players who think that their chances of winning on the pool table translate into other games, like poker, craps, blackjack, roulette...... the horses..... etc....
These other games can be learned to play and be successful at, but they take as much dedication and natural ability that pool does, and if you think that you're going to be great at everything, then you'll go broke quicker than you can blink.,....
Jaden
I remember Jimmy Reids girl friend he'd met back in I think the sixties, and even tho they broke up, she still kept hookin' up with pool players, as far as I know she never hit a ball. Traveling around with Jimmy in his prime would of been incredibly invigorating/addictive to any woman, it would of been difficult to walk away from pool once you had a taste of his game/stlye..She was a groupie for life.