I think there's a big gap between "trying to win" and aspirations to be an actual professional or Olympian. As someone who was quite competitive in several spo

I think there's a big gap between "trying to win" and aspirations to be an actual professional or Olympian. As someone who was quite competitive in several sports growing up, I don't think "not aspiring to be professional/Olympian" was frowned upon at all. If it is today, that is extremely pathological.