Alternate career paths?

Ok, I am reading this book, a thriller based on real life incidents and it got me thinking if people as described in the book exsist in reality! The characters in the book are so spectacular, it makes me want to be one of them. They are always in the thick of action, specializing in espionage, counter espionage and what not! They kick some serious ass! Maybe I should have been a spy, on similar lines of a certain Ms Sydney Bristow in Alias(of course she is not real). How cool would that have been?! Smart, brave, smooth talking, ass kicking hot chick! Of course this being a fictious character, has no flaw at all. But there is a downside to this. Chances of dying a natural death are very remote and there can be no friends or family( how dull is that!? Even if there were, they would be in grave danger I suppose).

Btw we know that the Americans have CIA and Pakistanis have ISI as their intelligence agencies. what is the Indian intelligence agency called? Are they so good that they have cleverly managed to hide their identity or is it that there is not one, but many such agencies and hence the credit cannot be given to just one agency?

I can confidently say that I wont be having such an exciting career. So I was thinking what else is as exciting but far less dangerous? And voila, how about being a football star!!??( the reason I chose football over cricket is cos cricket is a lil dull and boring and has less money in it and tennis is just an individual sport, there is no such thing as team spirit at all which is kinda boring)
Playing on a football field where millions of fans go wild every other week for powerful, rich and famous clubs like say MANU or Chelsea would result in generous amounts of Adernaline kicking in!
One can run, kick, dive, celebrate wildly and do lots of crazy things and all this will be part of my job!! But sadly I have to admit I dont have the stamina or the physical strength to play against 11 such bullies for 90 odd minutes.
In the end I have come to the conclusion that being what I am gives me the opportunity to dream abt such things and even write about them(even though they are a lil far fetched)! So me is very content :)