The Hidden Cost of Athletic Success

Athletes never talk about the real price of success. Everyone sees the glory,

the wins, the podium moments. But nobody mentions the 5am training sessions when your

body screams to quit. The injuries that haunt you decades later.

The friendships you sacrificed because practice came first. The mental battles that don't end when

the game does. I gave fifteen years to my sport, reached the top, and would do it

again. But young athletes deserve to know what they're signing up for.

The medal comes with a cost most people never see.