A question for those who play any kind of sports

I wondered about it for a few days, wanted to ask it here to different people.

Basically, if you play it on a professional/academy level, do you enjoy it like that or you would feel more happy if it would be just your hobby and nothing more?

And if it's a hobby for you - would you like it to be a pro thing to do or you enjoy it as it is?

I personally play football (soccer) in my countries 2nd tier team while also playing in the academy team, where I'm the youngest one, other guys are 1-3 years older and there are moments where I really get mentally tired of it. But in general I'm really happy that I'm so lucky to have the chance to be able to compete in this level, though it's very very challenging to always play with really older people, still, I like it and I'm really proud that I'm going through this and making my dreams alive.

But I'm really interested in your situation and thoughts about your career and choices?