Nancy Kerrigan Quotes

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

Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person.

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

To be able to play a couple of decades, I never thought I'd play that long.

Winning is fun and great, but I would rather have a long, successful and healthy career than a short one with a few wins.

I've always wanted to skate. If and when I decide to retire... I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.

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 am a competitive figure skater. I've been doing that for the same amount of time I've been doing acting. Ever since I was two.

I never thought I would be the oldest quarterback in the National Football League at one point, not in a million years. I never thought I would play as long as I did, either, seventeen years from start to finish, with stops in Houston, Minnesota, Seattle, and Kansas City.

Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating.

I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.

People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But I've been working since 1986. From the beginning, I was determined to not just be a flash in the pan. I've got to keep up with Woody Allen. He's lapping me.

The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I'm surprised that I've been able to dance as long as I have.

Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s. I had the opportunity to go to two Olympic Games - almost three after being the alternate in 1994 and then in 2006 being injured.

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.

If I had only Inoki to meet, I could wrestle until I was 60 years old.

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.

As long as my body will allow me to play I'm going to continue to play.

When I made my debut I had a lot of seniors in the side, then players of my own age group, then juniors and now am rubbing shoulders with teenagers. It's actually the fourth generation of players and a rarity for a player to achieve it.

I had a long career that started when I was 17. I wrestled for 20 years, so people forget how long I actually wrestled for.

You know, it's a long season and hopefully a long career.

I'm thankful that I have been able to play so long and still be healthy. I'm not all banged up and beaten down. I still feel good. But as much as I would love to play forever, I know that I can't.

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

I wasn't about one season, but career and longevity.

Figure skating, especially the longer performances, are such a feat. It requires so much stamina and is so beautiful.