It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.
I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks.
Different hearts beat on different strings
If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.
Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.
I'm still no good at ball-and-stick games. If I go play golf with the guys, it's intended to be a joke.