I start with myself in 2008 I went for a trial in Lagos Nigeria called FUTURE FOOTBALL in Sam Ethnan AirForce base and I saw corruption firsthand and gave up on ever playing football (Tell the Story). Being Old and Wiser now I know that it should not have been a reason for me to give up.
Online I stumbled on Nick Humphries from Train Effective who gave up everything he had and tried to become a professional football player. That's an outlandish dream in itself but Nick tried to accomplish becoming a professional football player in 100 days. He left his home in Australia, quit his well-paying job, left family and friends behind to pursue his dream of becoming a professional football player. He wanted to emulate the success of the likes of Jaime  Vardy who also began his life as a professional football player at a relatively late period of his life. The goal was to get a professional contract in 100 days but while he might not have succeeded in becoming a professional football player in that short amount of time, the learnings he got along the way he hopes will aspire young football players to pursue their goals and achieve their dreams. He also sighted challenges like Politics and Ego and Corruption and people falsely collecting money from people in the promise of getting them trials and all, Let's not even get into how that is the norm here in Nigeria.