This is coming from my perspective as a parent. Anyone who dreams of winning a Gold Medal at the Olympics at some point in their career with be told that they are crazy for pursuing that dream and that it will never happen. When I go to Nationals and I see all the Competition and the Politics and how few people actually get to go to Olympics it seems crazy that I would invest the amount of $ that I do on such a long shot. My kids want to win a Gold Medal at the Olympics(No Doubt). They train 6 days a week from 2 -6 hours a day. They sacrifice their youth for this dream. I have told them that I would not do what they do and yet they still pursue it. The cost to me is $, for them their teenage years. Why do I allow them do it. Because as I see it, the benefit of working so hard and being so dedicated and sacrificing so much for an unknown and unlikely reward will in the end build the type of quality human being that will be successful in anything that they decide to pursue in life. Regardless, if they ever win that GOLD Medal.