This reminds me of when friends used to ask me if I hated travelling for XC and Track in college because I would miss the football and basketball games. I was always like, "I am an athlete at this school, too, and I have my own competitions. Why would I want to miss my own races so that I could watch another kid at my school compete in his competition?"
I always thought that people who are fans will never understand being an athlete. All of the stuff going on with gamblers harassing athletes only strengthens that premise. It makes me sad.