EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update)

额外:这就是为什么你不是精英运动员(更新)

Freakonomics Radio

社会与文化

2024-08-12

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There are a lot of factors that go into greatness, many of which are not obvious. As the Olympics come to a close, we revisit a 2018 episode in which top athletes from a variety of sports tell us how they made it, and what they sacrificed.

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  • The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are ending, and if you're like me, you have not been competing in them.

  • Watching, maybe, but not competing because most of us are normal people and world class athletes are different.

  • We made an episode about this difference some years ago, and I thought it might be a good time to hear it again.

  • As a bonus episode, we've updated facts and figures as necessary.

  • As always, thanks for listening.

  • You cannot be afraid to fail.

  • I had never been in an environment that was so emotionally charged.

  • That could be the reason you're telling your second grade daughter that she's moving next week.

  • The fight started and I hit her as hard as I could and she actually fell down.

  • I have an eight year old son.

  • There's no way I'd let him play tackle football.