Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn't come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.

One of the things I learned growing up, a rule that I go by, is just never give up. That's one thing that I had to keep telling myself.

Essentially, my parents directed me in the right path. They were all for me turning professional and starting that journey as a family with my golf career.

I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.

I might feel a little bit empty, and it might get to me for a short time, but I'm hoping to keep my association with football and with broadcasting - I'm not retiring from everything; I'm retiring from the BBC. I'm certainly not going pipe and slippers.

I love everything about football. You can learn so much from it, from leadership qualities to discipline. This sport involves every kind of emotion.

It was simple reality - most competitive tennis players in my day were privileged, spoiled, entitled and white. Also, many of them were beautiful, fit, tan and of good stock - great big hair and white teeth and long legs. Then there were the rest of us.

In skating or any amateur sport, as athletes we share something in common: the cost of training is quite a burden on our parents or on the athletes themselves trying to find a way to pay for their costs.