Luka Modric Quotes

Sometimes guys peak early. They get drafted higher, and they make it to the NFL, and they don't have a lot of growth.

Getting past 30 as a sportsman, the end could be just around the corner.

I do not forecast playing until 38 or 39.

I think, at 32, you are past your prime as a footballer.

A male athlete's peak, I believe, should be somewhere between 26 and 30.

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

I always knew that my best tennis was going to be in my late 20s.

I boxed till my late 30s, so 47, that's impossible really to be at your best and if you aren't at your best you shouldn't be boxing.

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.

I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.

I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.

I'm 56 years old. I like to get out on the court. I continue to try to play the best I can. Obviously, I'm nowhere near where I was when half this age. But I can still hit a pretty decent ball.

I want to try to have fun as long as I can and play football at a high level. I do not know how long that will go on.

Playing until I'm 40 is definitely a possibility.

I was 32 when I signed for Everton, and Roberto Martinez said, 'With your style of game, you can play until you're 40.' I'm sitting there laughing at him, but he was deadly serious. I still laughed.

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

I always said when I was younger that I want to wrestle until I'm 40 or even in the 50s as long as I can still keep doing the same style of wrestling that I do.

I don't have any aspirations to play until I'm 50 years old.

I don't want to play till I'm 40.

It would be great to play until I'm 40 like Ryan Giggs.

To say a player is past it at 29, 30 isn't right.

I can play until I'm 40. But I won't.

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 am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

It's hard to know when to call it a day as a footballer.