You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.
Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.
One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.
You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.