I think to a kid who plays ball that's a great piece of advice. I believe to a ball player it's horrible but they wouldn't take it anyway. I would have went to San Quentin if it ment I could play football for four more years. But I went to college to play football not to go to college. I hated my school. I hated my coaches but on Saturdays when I got to put that helmet on it was all worth it. In the grand scheme of things was that bad? Yep. Would my life have been different if I would have made different choices? Better choices? Maybe. Would I change the choices I made? Heck no I would still chose to play. I loved it. I didn't like it. I didn't enjoy playing it. I didn't have fun with my friends. I loved it.
Now as a dad it's different. The above advice is what I give my kid. I tell him he's going to college to be a physicist not a ball player and chose his school accordingly. Will he listen? No probably not.