The recent news of Greg Oden's latest season-ending injury made me realize how tough the NBA can be. As a fan, you place your desperate hopes in the hands of a few athletes, only to have them let you down (unless you are from Boston or L.A.) As a player, you want to succeed and have dreamed of winning championships and beating buzzers since you were a little child, only to get injured and become possibly the second biggest disappointment in draft-choice history (come on, Portland!).
Then again, it could be a lot worse. You could be one of the other 6 billion people who are not athletes and never receive the accolade or economic benefits that these guys do. In conclusion, sorry Greg, best of luck to you. Hope that knee holds up for other purposes.
Despite the sarcastic tone of this post, I do honestly feel for the guy. That has to be a major disappointment. Furthermore, as Viktor Frankl once said, human suffering follows similar laws to the expansion of gas. No matter what the causing stimulus, it will expand maximally as gas does no matter the size of the room. Good luck, Greg.
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