Dan Marino Quotes

Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket?

I think I can still go out there and compete, and compete at a high level.

So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.

I don't think we should put a number on how long you should coach or how old you should be. It should be illegal. Go as long as you can do a good job. It shouldn't be an age thing.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

I know I can still play at a high level.

Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.

But you know, I'm not 25 anymore, and I have always said musical theater in particular is a young person's game. It requires energy, mentally and physically, to do it.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

I've never thought intelligence was age-related.

I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour. I always felt that was too young of an age for that.

So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.

If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.

Age doesn't mean anything. Age doesn't mean I can't work as hard. Age doesn't mean I can't do as well as everyone else. It's just a factor. It's just there.

I don't care what age I am. If I continue to train and feel good and enjoy the locker room and this organization wants me and I feel I can do it, I'm going to do it, no matter what my age.

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.

My job is to win the game each and every week and that's what I want to do, and that's all I'm worried about.

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

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

I think what is important to fight for winning the ball it is the spirit. I have had that since I started playing football, so it is the spirit but I need to be fit for doing it.

I've come to a point in my career where it doesn't matter if I dribble or nutmeg someone. The only thing that matters is whether I was decisive, did I put the ball in the back of the net today, and did it help the team win.

Nobody wants to play for a team that's not competitive.

It was never about trying to make the All-Star Game. It's about being back at that high level to help a team win.

For me, I just focus on playing, playing at a high level. And when you can't do that any longer, you've got to get off the train.

When you bring a winner onto your team, he knows how to win, he's going to help your team win, and that's the goal at the end of the day.