Judy Murray: My sons’ success inspired me to get spider tattoo
Judy Murray has told how watching her sons rise to international sporting stardom inspired her to get her first tattoo at the age of 57.
The Strictly Come Dancing star said her new body art, a spider at the bottom of her neck, symbolised the importance of working through challenges.
It is based on the legend of Scottish king Robert the Bruce, who watched a spider fail over and over again to make a web before eventually managing it.
She compared the heart- warming story to the years she spent supporting Andy and Jamie through their professional tennis careers.
She said: “I did it when I finished my book [Knowing the Score: My Family and our Tennis Story]. That story shows how, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”
She added: “I spend a lot of my time trying to advise parents against sending their children away [too young]. Let them be old enough to make their own decisions. That was what happened with Andy – he made the choice later on to go to Barcelona.
“Now they both do the same thing for a living but they learned very differently from each other...it’s an example of how every child is different and one size doesn’t fit all.”