First, a question: What would you do after the dream?
What would you do after the mission is accomplished and the championship is won, after you have cradled the World Series Most Valuable Player trophy in your palms at age 25 and possess more riches than you ever imagined?
Some of us — maybe many of us — would rest. Soak it all in. Cash the paychecks. Punch the clock and embrace the easy.
Others, of course, might feel suffocated by the stardom, the walls closing in, all the demands and the time and pressure. Some of us might just wilt.