I say, don't sweat the small stuff. A game is just the game, it isn't the end of the world. The stakes are raised on the professional level, but if you're talented enough, you'll be fine. If you aren't, then perhaps you should reconsider your place in life.

Athletes are human too. They just have extraordinary abilities to hit, shoot, kick balls, etc. Although many envy athletes, I'm sure that they have so much expectations and stress on them. Although we may not have those stresses, I think the advices were good ideas for all people who feel stressed. I liked your article.

Even if i agree with some facts that you state I wouldn't recommend this article to nobody for the poorly written manner of it and poor formatting, anyway don't get angry/sad for this comment, use it to guide yourself to get better and better,

Regards,
Gupta

I agree with irshad to be an athlete you must be able to deal with stress, let alone all the popularity and attention. In my opinion though, when your getting paid that money, how can you let yourself get that stressed. Those athletes who get stressed need to sit back and think of the millions of people below them that are struggling to succeed in this country.

If an athlete can not manage stress it is not a true athlete.
and can not win the game.
stress is far more than any regular disease and causes many disease. One common example of this is the skin condition vitiligo, which is as increase as the patients cooped by emotional stress as demonstrated by http://www.antivitiligo.com/ and other site like wikipedia and vitiligosupport.org etc.

Am I alone in feeling as though I'm more productive when under stress?

fail article...not helpful at all...good job with this mediocre piece of writing...