Toni Kroos Quotes

Hopefully I can play until I'm 40.

Playing until I'm 40 is definitely a possibility.

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

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

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

In wrestling, there's a shelf life, and some wrestlers don't pay attention to the shelf life.

I'm not going to be 50 and playing. I hope I'm 40, but 50, no.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

I want to play until I'm 38.

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

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

I want to be playing into January for the rest of my career, God willing.

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

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.'

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.

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.

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

You know, it's hard to say what's going to happen in the future. But, if I stay healthy, I think I'll probably play until I'm about 40.