Inzamam-ul-Haq Quotes

Hopefully I can play until I'm 40.

I believe that, as an athlete, how you got to the age of 42 makes a big difference. I have learned about my body; I haven't gone off only talent until I was 42.

I want to play until I'm 38.

The footballer's career is very long and staying on the top for many years is always very difficult.

Playing until I'm 40 is definitely a possibility.

Would I still be playing at the top level at the age of 37 years if I had any weaknesses?

Your body's really only meant to compete at the highest levels of combat sports for a few years.

I don't know how many years I can still play. I have to listen to my body and see how it feels.

I think four Olympics is probably enough. Five Olympics is a long time, but there's nothing wrong with that if I'm into it and I'm healthy and my priorities can fit around that.

My good health, coupled with joy of tobogganing and my desire to be the best, has helped me stay in professional sport for so long.

I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural.

What I'm doing with my body and with my golf game, I'm trying to extend the longevity of my career.

As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.

Our job as pros is to walk a very fine line: be the best but stay healthy so you can continue to progress and be at the top. You can't push the sport and yourself if you're always hurt.

I want to play at a good level for as long as possible and just stay healthy.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

Mark Hughes played until he was nearly 40 at a decent level, and I think I can do the same.

I think as a professional sportsman you're aware that your time is limited.

Every time an older player gets toward the end of their career, they're always talking about 'I feel better now than I did 10 years ago.'

It's not easy to be a footballer.

I am coming to the part of my career where I want to play more football.

Fighters can fight into their 50s. Why not?

I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.

Of course I want to keep playing; that's the best thing for any footballer. But I'm looking forward to not having to put my body through the pain, I have to say.

There are a lot of men playing great tennis well into their thirties.