I've seen a lot of guys come out of their careers early--whether they went to college or junior and didn't get further or kicked around the low-level pros--and have big problems. You focus so much on one thing and then it doesn't materialize. You feel young but there's a weird dualism of on one hand feeling like it's all over, as someone would in their old age, and also being relatively young but being kinda far behind other people your age because you sink it all into something that cannot continue. A lotta substance abuse problems arise from this and if someone already has psychological issues it can snowball fast. A lot of guys I have seen make the transition smoothly or at least eventually, but I think it's overlooked how dangerous that phase can be for a young athlete.

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