It has been commonly misconstrued that to any skill you have, you were born with. It is sometimes very difficult for people to understand that to develop any skill, it takes a lot of hard work.

Athletes are typically looked at, at least at the collegiate level, as if they were given everything they have. This happens because human beings cannot help but judge by what they see.

It may seem so easy to think that just because we are athletes that we were handed all the opportunities we have. But what is not very visible to the naked eye is how we worked very hard to get into the place we are today; playing sports at a collegiate level.

Sure, we are born with the genetics that may have helped us, for example, in basketball if someone is born with height, that is helpful. But that is not the point.

The point is, a tall person is just another person, in order to become a successful basketball player, they must train and work every day to reach the level of success they potentially strive for.

In this world, we are so quick to judge people. No matter how the judgment comes forward, whether with words, eye rolling, face making or just mentally, there is so much judgment.

Rather than living day by day judging others for who they are, I think we need to take a step back and realize that yes some people are "lucky," but lucky is just the base, the years of practice are the layers piling on top of the luck.

The luck is so far down it cannot even be put in conversation.

Yeah, sure, us athletes may be "so lucky" to be born with the bodies that are ideal for the sports we participate in, but nothing was handed to us.

We worked hard for years and years. We sacrificed our high school social lives and so much more for the opportunities that we hoped we could open up the doors to.

Luck is the base-line of athleticism and every layer on top is what should be focused on, the skills that were developed, the wins, the losses, the happiness and the sadness.