Well you don't have to be a pro athlete or a musician to do something "fun."
Like my chinese fortune cookie sometimes says: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
I think Confucius said that. And there are many people out there who live what they do for a living.
Good grief. I've had two responses to my post claiming stuff that is pure assumption about me personally and they are not even close. I simply gave an explanation as why some highly paid athletes end up going broke. I believe one of the reasons is because some usually young and talented athletes don't understand that the money did not come from working. Since they play all the time whether on or off the field they don't comprehend that that money that came effortlessly will someday stop and they will not be able to just decide to play video games and have the money keep coming.
If you want to argue playing music or playing baseball is work, fine. I would argue you have no actual experience in either because you would know that anyone coming even close to pro level has been passionate about playing long before doing it for a living was even a factor. No one started playing accountant as a child, because accounting is work.
And no, I'm not an accountant.