00:00Eventually, you retire at age 16.
00:03How did you broach that subject with your dad and your coaches?
00:08I didn't tell anybody because I knew that I was going to get some pushback.
00:12So I kept this secret and then I posted about it.
00:15And then that's how everybody found out.
00:17That way I could just cut it off clean.
00:20You posted on Instagram.
00:21Yes.
00:22Yeah, I've seen that post.
00:24I mean, it's a lovely sort of send off, you know.
00:27But did people freak out?
00:30Yeah, everybody was freaking out.
00:32And a lot of people were getting mad at me.
00:33Like, you didn't even tell anybody and stuff like that.
00:36I was like, yeah, that's the point.
00:37Because I knew people would try to keep me in the sport or bribe me in some way.
00:42Right.
00:43How did your dad and your coaches respond when you posted that message?
00:46I mean, I think my coaches knew.
00:50Like, they seen it coming.
00:51My dad, I forget.
00:53I just know he was mad.
00:55But you held strong.
00:57And you were like, oh, yeah.
00:58I mean, I posted.
00:59It's official.
01:00You know, yeah.
01:01I can't take it back.
01:03It's official, right.
01:03Yeah.
01:04Sorry.
01:04Sorry.
01:05Sorry.
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