I am downplaying his achievement? Where exactly? I am just saying that he shouldn't give fake hope people who won't do it. It is better to accept it and try to find a different way to achieve "success" than lying to yourself that with 1.7m you will play in NBA. No, you won't and that is fine. And many of us won't be fluent for 1 minute and that is fine as well. Empathy is the key, not perfrctionism.