Hours before a game, athletes in all corners of the world tend to freak out due to all the psychological factors that accompany sports performance. Stop for a moment and imagine becoming a striker for Manchester United or a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos. For those who don't already know, these two positions are among the most difficult to fill in the world of sports. Not only does the person assigned to these positions have to stay up until the wee hours of the morning studying plays and lineups so they can better assist their team on game day, but they also serve as the primary means of getting points from the teams they they play. If the expectation of becoming the team's top scorer isn't enough, they must also serve as an inspiration to every other teammate who plays alongside them. Although most people say that psychological factors have no effect on an athlete's performance in sport, athletes are negatively affected by psychological aspects due to the pre-game nervousness they may experience, the relationship each athlete has with the audience of the stadium and the price of each match. has on the bodies of athletes. For starters, nearly every athlete in the world today experiences pre-game jitters. These can be thoughts, hallucinations, or other things that can play with your mind and put you in a state of depression. According to Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices by Paul R. Lawrence and Nitin Nohria, Lawrence describes pre-game jitters as “a combination of nervousness, anticipation, adrenaline, and excitement experienced by athletes around the world. Some people experience this type of anxiety so much that they can hardly play (Lawrence 189). Early in his book, Lawrence identifies that pre-game nervousness is actually a huge problem... middle of paper... What Ferraro is saying is that after a game an athlete tends to separate from their own dear. Many outside the sports world will never know the “real” things involved in sports. Sport is not simply a competition between two opponents trying to claim that they are more supreme than the other. There is more of a psychological aspect that sometimes most people completely miss. It is clearly evident from the information provided that there is some sort of psychological aspect behind the sport. Whether it's the pre-game nervousness that athletes may feel, the relationship each of them has with the stadium crowd, and the impact each game has on their bodies. Sports psychology in general can be a difficult concept for many to understand. Before you enter that world, however, one simple question remains: “Are you strong enough to handle this?”