You can be anything you want?

[Massageman]

Within one's physical and mental limits, they can try to do fairly much anything, and that still leaves a lot of room for "it just won't happen".

As you say, your body might not suited for sports. A specific example- if you have slow-twitch muscles you won't ever be a sprinter, but possibly a marathoner.

I know the theories of a lot of magic tricks and illusions, but my fingers are fairly short, so it's hard for me to do sleight of hand to any great degree. But even with short fingers, I can still do some decent cooking, so I focus on that!

[Jjpayne]

I believe you both are right. It's something to look at what is in line with your strengths and talents but the human spirit is another thing, let's say someone in a wheel chair wants to be in sports. Others say it's simply not possible but I argue there's a reason special wheel chairs have been made, it's because people have spirit and are determined. It's about thinking outside the box

[1stranger]

You're both right.
But you forgot these 2 factors. Chance and ambient conditions.

Like this.. When the waters rise, the fishes eat ants; when the waters are drawn, ants fishes.
The flow of water decides who will eat who.

[Sweetnessxoxo]

I believe it like 50/50 like if you start with little talent you can overtime increase that talent with hard work but like getting into harvard for example is not possible for everyone

[NineBreaker]

I'm more inclined to agree with you. I think that as individuals we each have very great potential that few of us will ever be able to tap into it. However, there are limitations that are intrinsic to each of us.

Your coworker isn't completely wrong, but there needs to be an asterisk next to the statement.

[Pipeliner87]

Yes and no. To say that a fat man who is 300 pounds wakes up and says I want to be a olympic gymnast at 40 years old will most likely fail because the body requirements are needed at such a young age. He might be able to do those things but never on the same playing field. However anyone can be anything they want if they try hard enough.

[ChefPapiChulo]

Wrong. People have proven it. It comes down to. How hard do you want to work for it?

[Ally247]

He's optimistic. Let him be.

[Anonymous]

Your friend is delusional,