Most Likely To Succeed By Malcolm Gladwell Analysis

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Name, Last Name Professor English 111/009 12 November 2012 College Athletes and their Future Reading through “Most likely to succeed” by Malcolm Gladwell, made me realize that in the United States there are more than 20,000 college athletes getting a free education and hopefully aspiring to get draft by a professional team later on. However, most of these college athletes fail in professional sport in America once they got draft, mostly because there are high expectations on them and they cannot control the pressure. This could potentially ruin their future not only because they are going to be relegate from their respective teams if they don’t good, but because they didn’t finish college. Some college athletes feel that all they need to do is shine in a…show more content…
They do not have the same passion as when they start playing, this is why Gladwell remarked in his essay “And yet there were people in Shonka’s world who thought that Patton would end up as a better professional quarterback than Daniel.” He is referring that even though he didn’t play that much, he is as good as Daniel or even better, because he doesn’t have to deal with all the pressure from teams and scouts, and in the future he will have his opportunity to shine because he have seen what he should do and not to do to become a better quarterback. Therefore, I believed that college athletes should take seriously their future regardless if they get draft or not. There are many people that wish to get a scholarship like this and only a few are the lucky ones. Overall, Gladwell explained why some athletes have failed through the process and about Daniel’s situation he still learning “Maybe that interception means that Daniel won’t be a good professional quarterback, or maybe he made a mistake that he’ll learn from.” Just like life, it doesn’t tell you anything; it teaches you

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