I think everyone can agree the point of most sports is to test oneself. However, people shouldn't confuse the ability to endure the mental stress of a physical endeavor with enduring the mental stress of an intellectual exercise. I'm going to give an example. I work in a relatively high stress white collar job. I had a guy for a time who was my main partner at work. He was fresh out of special forces and had completed his college degree. He was into BJJ/boxing and competed in grappling. Fucking tough as nails, I mean nails. Any physical test was easy. He buried me in every physical undertaking we ever did. He could get beat and come back for more every day.
However, could he handle the mental stress of civilian high pressure work? He could not deal with it, at all. It destroyed him. Now works for a federal law enforcement agency. He understands training, sacrifice, diligence, discipline, etc., etc. but all of his understanding walked right out the door when the stress became purely intellectual.
My point is there are people who are not cut out for the physical stress of fighting but one shouldn't discount their ability to come to a place in life where they are a complete well thought out human.
