Barry Bonds Quotes

You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.

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

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

Playing until I'm 40 is definitely a possibility.

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

As a tennis player, or any professional athlete, our career has a shelf life. I don't want to waste any opportunities, I don't want to look back on it when I'm 45 and think I could have done a lot more.

Hopefully I can play until I'm 40.

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

I do limit my exposure to the public. You only have so much time.

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

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.

The thing you have to understand is that there are only so many things you can do in a year. There are only so many days in a year. There is only so much time you can set aside for certain projects.

I do not forecast playing until 38 or 39.

We have all the money in the world but do not realise how important the body is. A player on average has a seven year professional career, 10-15 if everything goes right. You have to do everything possible to be at your maximum.

People turn professional and they are not running as fast as they did in college because it is a lot different, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have that kind of transition and always stayed on top.

As players, it's a thin line. You want to recover, but you also gotta get some practice time in.

If you look after yourself and are willing to adapt - there is no reason why you can't play at the top level until your late 30s.

A life of a sportsperson is approximately 14-15 years long and fatigue will be a part of it, but they have to manage that.

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.'

You cannot just play tournament after tournament like maybe I did when I was 23, 24 years old.

The workload with Test cricket was too much as I want to extend my career for as long as I can.

I think I'm realising that careers for tennis players are very short. On the women's side now, players are starting to peak later on, but the average age is about 31, 32 when you finish playing, so I want to make the most of it while I'm young, fit, and healthy. I don't want to waste any time.

I know what I need to do to prepare myself, and I try to do the best I can to take care of my body and prolong my peak years as a baseball player.

My biggest thing I've learned is just putting time into getting ready. When we're young, you just go on the court and just hoop. But I think as you get older, it's more about, making sure everything is firing and making sure everything is ready to go and warmed up.