How did you end up being a scientist if you wanted to be a musician or a footballer?

Question: How did you end up being a scientist if you wanted to be a musician or a footballer?
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Asked by Ellennge070605 to Tiernan on 8 Nov 2018.
- Tiernan answered on 8 Nov 2018:
  
  Easy! I wasn’t as good a footballer or musician as I thought I was! Though I still think I might get called up for Ireland!!!
  I was always interested in the land around me and gradually I realised that something that interested me could be something I could study and get a job doing.

Question: How did you end up being a scientist if you wanted to be a musician or a footballer?