re: Giving up as a player. Ever done it?

Yes. When I was young I was a pretty good Tennis player. I decided to give professional tennis a try, I was at John Newcolbe's place near Orlando getting some instruction and ran into a West German kid who showed me the difference between good, and great. I hit probably the best shot of my life and watched him run it down and hit it back cross court for a winner. Kid was 14 and John's instructors couldn't handle him either.

That told me cracking the top 50 was probably my ceiling, if that. Very humbling.

After I got home I never played another tournament and started looking at going to college.

I think I came out better in the end. Met my wife registering for classes.