I agree, Mairdie. Gold Medal winning Olympian athletes are usually highly competitive and disciplined They are laser focused on their routines and their goals. often at the cost of having much anything else going on in their lives at that time. I recall hearing a little of that about Kristi Yamaguchi, an award winning figure skater, back in the early 1990’s. I lived in Oakland, Ca. at the time and knew a few teachers who had worked with her in Freemont, Ca.
Kristi was born with bilateral clubfoot, wore leg braces for a while. She turned to skating as physical therapy.
From 6th Grade on, Kristi practiced from 5am to 10am, Mon thru Fri, before and sometimes after school. Her mother drove her to the rink every morning at 4am and wait for her to finish. Kristi has published to encourage figure skating in other children, called “Dream Big, Little Pig!”.
We had a morning ice skater in our high school class, too. Didn’t realize there were so many out there.