If You Were a Professional Athlete, Which Sport Would You Dominate?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
If You Were a Professional Athlete, Which Sport Would You Dominate?
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About This Quiz

The advent of the professional athlete really took off in the late 1800s. Before then, the ideal was the amateur athlete, amateur having its roots in the expression "to do something for the love of it." The Olympic games didn't start to allow any professionals to compete until the late 1980s, and only recently have the bodies that govern sports like boxing and wrestling allowed professionals into the Olympic games. When it became public that Lip Pike, the first professional baseball player, was being paid to train rather than have a job in the offseason, it was a scandal that haunted his career until other teams realized they had players who would be even better if they could spend all their time training.

Today, there are whole industries dedicated to the training and perfection of professional athletes, with specialized dietary and exercise regimes. There are even mental training programs using everything from pre-visualization and hypnosis to put professional athletes in the mindset needed to win or at least overcome their physical limitations in order to play hard.

Can you imagine your life if you had to give up the simple pleasures of food and drink, the activities you do in your spare time, to relax? How would you feel if the sport that gave you pleasure was suddenly how you put food on the table? Would you still love it? Take this quiz, and we'll tell you which sport you would dominate if you had to approach it as a professional.

Which is your most impressive set of muscles?
Legs
All my muscles are magical!
Arms
Core

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Do you mind being outside in all weather?
I love it!
I hate all weather.
I can handle it!
I would not like this.

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What animal do you like best?
Horse
Cat
Dog
Bear

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What time of year do you feel at your most productive?
Spring
Summer
Fall
All year

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Are you a team player?
Only in a small team
I can be, but I mostly love to work alone.
Yes!
Sort of

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How calm are you in a crisis?
Totally zen
Fairly
Somewhat
Not at all

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Do you prefer competing for a judge's approval?
I like a mix.
Yes, that's preferable.
No, I need points.
I'd prefer a pre-ordained outcome.

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How fast is simply too fast for a human to go?
35mph
No speed is too fast!
110mph
15mph

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What age would you like to retire from sports?
Over 45
25
40
30

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What sort of people do you love to hang out with?
Educated and classy
Young and enthusiastic
I like everyone!
Aggressive and tough

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How much money do you want to make?
I don't care about money.
None - I do it for love.
Many millions
I'd like to make a nice sum but then be pretty much robbed by the people who run my sport.

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Who will constitute most of your fan base?
Honestly? Rich people!
Girls
Families
Guys

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If someone threw a ball at you unexpectedly, what would you do?
Duck!
Catch it
Hit it
Beat them up

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How do you feel about violence?
It terrifies me.
Ambivalent
It has its place.
I love it!

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Of the locations below, which one would be the best one to live in?
Rural England
Chicago
Florida
Las Vegas

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Are you a morning person?
Yes, the earlier the better.
I am good at any time.
No, I'm an afternoon person.
I'm a nighttime person.

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If you had to travel for your sport, how would you like to do it?
Truck
Plane
Bus
Car

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Do you speak any languages besides English?
Yes, Arabic
Yes, French
Yes, Spanish
I barely speak English!

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Who is your nemesis?
Loud noises
Muscle stiffness
Steroid users
Whoever my boss says it is!

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What's the dirtiest environment you could handle regularly being in?
A literal mountain of excrement!
A gym
A locker room
A room full of 10,000 screaming men!

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What do you treasure most about sports?
Freedom
Self-expression
Winning
Fame

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Do you have a good memory for routines?
Excellent
The best
I remember strategies more than routines.
It's good enough!

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In what sort of space do you wish to perform your sport?
Field
Stadium
Ballpark
Auditorium

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What is the ideal uniform to wear while doing sports?
Back protector and snug pants
Leotard
Jersey and long socks
Unitard

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How much effort do you prefer to put into looking good while you're doing sports?
Almost none
Quite a lot!
None
Loads and loads!

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What shape do the best prizes come in?
Figurine
Medal
Cup
Belt

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What sponsor will you sign with?
Private jet company
Fashion brand
Beer company
Fake tan

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After you retire, how will you stay involved with your sport?
I'll become a trainer.
I'll become a manager.
I'll become a commentator.
I won't - I will become an actor!

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What type of charity will you support with all your sporting millions?
Conservation
Survivors of abuse
Scholarships for gifted kids
Animal rescue

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What celebrity will you marry now that you are a big sporting star?
Charlize Theron
Michael B. Jordan
Kendall Jenner
Taylor Swift

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