> You make a good point about being athletic without being professional or successful. But I think almost anyone who answered the question answered in terms of what they could make of themselves having been given those parameters. Otherwise, I think we'd all want to just be rich. Then, I'd be too stupid to know I wasn't attractive or athletic. The question of whether you'd want to STAY any of those things is a totally different one than whether you'd want to BE any of those things.

I answered the question in terms of "this is what I have; I'm stuck with it." And I chose to be smart. Probably because I've done alright for myself being ugly and... err... not rich (I can't really say "poor"). I had a bit of a choice between athletic and smart, though; eventually smart one out, primarily because I have a lot more fun with my intellect than I do with my prowess. But maybe that's just me. :-}