After this event, I was thinking of an eventual career in snowboarding. He also found time to go to college, where he studied marketing and economics. Perhaps the biggest drawback with picking a career based on convenience is the possibility that one day you will look back and wonder what might have been if you had followed your dream instead. But don't worry. If you begin having doubts about your career decision, you can always switch to something else.
People do it all the time now.
To help rehabilitate himself, he developed a support group and fitness program which became the basis of a new business. He went from being a basketball player to someone providing self-help resources. Lucas also went on to coach the San Antonio Spurs and the Philadelphia 76ers. Competitive athletes are especially likely to have several careers. Many start out as full-time athletes and then enter business or professional careers.