You're probably giving him too much credit. I've seen interviews with people before they embark on these kinds of courses, and every single one of them said th

You're probably giving him too much credit. I've seen interviews with people before they embark on these kinds of courses, and every single one of them said that they really wanted it, that it was the most important thing in their lives, and that the group statistic didn't apply to them. Some of them made it. Many of them didn't.