But he is also the head driver of Truck 250 and the leader of Mango Racing, an off-road professional driving unit that races pro trucks in Mexico and Las Vegas several times a year, including at the Baja 1000, one of the world's most demanding events.
All the drivers are qualified off-road professionals, and carry cell-phones.
"For me, sailmaking was a road to professional sailing," he added, "and professional sailing was where I needed to be to get on a Whitbread boat and a Whitbread boat was where I needed to be to be a Whitbread skipper".
As for the game, to be sure, Ochoa lost the desire to travel the hard road of professional golf.
MEMPHIS — Dave Joerger's road through professional basketball's minor leagues has finally landed him in an N.B.A. head-coaching seat.
IT has been a long, bumpy road toward professional status and artistic credibility for the Schoolhouse here.
The evidence is everywhere: road rage, professional basketball players caught cussing on camera, cable news pundits, personal friendships disintegrating over a Facebook post on Obamacare.
The course was designed to be an homage to the classic Paris-Roubaix road race, professional cycling's brutal dash across the dust-choked cobblestones of northern France.
Nearly a month later, Mr. Waxman, a certified public accountant who lost all tangible pieces of his 44 years of practice -- most significantly his client files and a painstakingly built research library -- has taken the first steps on his road to professional recovery.
B1 REBUILDING A JOB -- Robert N. Waxman, a certified public accountant in solo practice who lost his office when the World Trade Center collapsed, has taken the first steps on the road to professional recovery.
