Andy Murray has spoken about what he wants to achieve once his playing career comes to an end
(Picture: PA)Andy Murray has revealed he tried to fit early-morning gym sessions in while his children slept during lockdown - but gave them up because it was just too hard.
The double Wimbledon champion and father-of-four would get up at 5.30am to work out in the early weeks of the pandemic.
Murray, 33, and his wife Kim have four children together - Sophia, 5, Edie, 3, one-year-old Teddy, and a newborn who arrived earlier this month.
“Trying to balance the professional and the family life was tricky – the first few weeks I was getting up at 5.30am to do my gym sessions before the kids woke up,” he told The Gentleman’s Journal.
“But after a few weeks I was like: ‘This is not worth it.’ I thought I would do my workouts when everyone else was sleeping. But I quickly realised I can’t do this every morning,” he said.
The former world number also discussed his hopes for the future, and revealed he would like to help young players avoid the “mistakes” he made at the start of his career after he retires from the game.
He spoke of the “pressure” he and his fellow player brother Jamie were under after signing with a sports management company “when we were 12-13 years old”.
“Most parents have never experienced having a child or working with an athlete who is potentially world class, so you rely on the experts to help guide you, but I don’t think that always management companies have the athletes’ best interests at heart,” he said.
“Does a kid really need a pressure of one of the biggest management companies in world sport looking after them when they are 12-13? I don’t know if that’s the right message to send.”
Discussing what he might do in retirement, Murray said: “I have a management company, which works with some younger athletes too, which will hopefully continue post my playing career because I feel like I made quite a lot of mistakes on that front when I was younger in my career – if I could help other athletes making those same mistakes.”
The three-time Grand Slam has previously disclosed his interest in becoming a golf caddy in retirement.
“I really like golf, so being a caddy for example on the golf tour would be something I would find exciting… to be up close and personal to top golfers,” he said.
Read the full interview on thegentlemansjournal.com
