Consider Stephon Marbury. Marbury is an individual who REPEATEDLY makes dumb mistake after dumb mistake that most people can see is wrong. He wouldn't hire an agent, was an all-star in the NBA, and now has to play in China, because no one in the NBA wants to hire him. He wore out his welcome. His ego wants to succeed, but he apparently is too stupid to figure things out. And how his mind works, as a problemed player is because... he decided he WANTS to be this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephon_Marbury
Allan Iverson found himself out of the NBA also, for similar reasons.
And there is Ray Williams, former NBA player, who ended up homeless, and due to finally getting a LOT of media exposure, found a job:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/12/17/fanhouseraywilliamsgoesfromh.DTL
More and more elements out of the control of a person, and even elements that appear within the grasp of a person, that really aren't. Can bring up Mike Tyson, like Marbury, who self-destructed, due to not receiving sufficient parenting. More things to make their makeup, resulting in their own decisions being out of their control. And then one goes, "But others made it...". Against the odds? People winning the lottery do it "against the odds" to, but all that is, is luck.
