Li Na Quotes

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

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

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.

You can't do WWE forever; like, your body will just not hold up.

If I feel great and my body feels great and my knee is fine, I should play 30 minutes or more. I definitely have my opinion on that.

My whole career, I've never had no serious injuries or no surgeries.

I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36.

If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.

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

I want to last in my career, and that relies on the way my body performs. So I need to take care of it.

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.

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.

As a player, you have to assess how fit you are and look at your performance graph - how long you are delivering. Take Imran Khan's case: he played till 39.

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

I mean, I don't really remember playing a full season ever being 100 percent.

I consider myself to be one of the really, really fortunate ones to have gotten out of the game as healthy as I did.

I've never enjoyed my running more. I also do 200 sit-ups a day, 60 push-ups, and a lot of stretching. I've had some back issues. I think the stretching helps with that.

After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.

I used to spend a couple of hours in the weight room, but really, an hour is long enough. I lift twice a week and on other days incorporate more core yoga and different exercises. It's important to listen to your body. I will shut it down if I'm tired.

Sports life is very short.

As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.

I might be in a little decline. I don't know. How many guys that have played 150 games are still on the upswing? I've played a lot of games, a lot of snaps.

I go to the gym three days a week. You have to or else - I don't want to be the guy that dies shoveling snow.

The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.