[nicholassmith]

"It's just my perception that those who exercise more in their youth tended not to be the best students."

There's also the perception when you're younger (or at least distinctly for me and the people I grew up with), that being smart was 'boring' and being sporty was better, so they wouldn't apply themselves in lessons because it wasn't cool. I imagine a lot of them were plenty smart, but they might not have let on.

[mathattack]

Some of us nerds thought staying inside was more fun. Why waste all that time playing basketball when you could get ahead in the chemistry lab?

[nicholassmith]

As someone who was distinctly non-sporty I can't say I disagree, reading was far more enjoyable than running around in the cold kicking a ball.