The tragedy of this entire way of thinking is that being one of the top 25 in your honors physics program is perfectly fine. He was still excelling. People ge

The tragedy of this entire way of thinking is that being one of the top 25 in your honors physics program is perfectly fine. He was still excelling. People get hung up on the slight variations that make the difference between first and second place, completely ignoring the fact that there are plenty of extremely high levels of achievement aside from being "the best". To think that you shouldn't practice something you love just because it's easier for the guy above you is absurd.