People disregard the fact that professional athletes have an extraordinary amount of talent and didn't work hard to get to where they were. The biggest misconception out there is the difference between talent and skill. Talent is what you have naturally and skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.  Skill is always the overwhelming factor that propels someone to be great in their attributes. Hard work always beats out talent whenever talent doesn't work hard. Everyone has the ability to beat out somebody else. It's all riding on how hard you want to work, how much dedication, and sacrifice you're willing to pour into your tasks and daily activities and practices. It's all up to you...