Cool post. I know where he's coming from. I've often thought that while we idolize the professionals in the sport-- the professionals think we (the amateurs) are the lucky ones.
As weekend warriors, we can turn our interest and participation on and off, and still have food on the table. If we want to ride or race on a particular day, well... that'd be up to us. If we do race-- and we do well-- sweet! If we do poorly? That's OK, there's always next time, and we won't be fired Monday a.m. Sure... our glory is confined to our GF's, wives, families who watched that great last lap pass we made-- but rest assured that we're the ones who enjoy riding and racing the most. ---L*64