That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There were times when I was down and frustrated being in a male-dominated sport: you don't get the support. It affected me. Layne Beachley helped me beat that. That was the difference for me and helped get me through.
If the Age of Sport has been all champagne and roses hitherto, then expect our love affair with its newly-acquired prominence to become increasingly tainted by scandals about cheating. Sport is losing its shine and allure.
I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.
In recent generations, women's sports have been a blessing. Some of us can remember the bad old days in the '50s, when we would discover in casual schoolyard play that a girl could outrun most of us or hold her own in basketball or hit a softball - but there were no teams, no coaches, for girls.
As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
Sometimes women get devastated by failing. Athletes don't; they just know that means they've got to practise harder, and they've got to do something else differently.
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other.
I was very athletic when I was younger and I am a very competitive person, so I never give up.
All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to you.