Lucy Bronze Quotes

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.

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.

I see myself playing as long as I am partially enjoying the game and partially successful and they are paying me. But honestly, two more years is about all I can take.

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

Hopefully, I can stay in the Premier League for my whole career.

If I am still fighting at 35 I will be disappointed.

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

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

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.

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

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

I can't play football forever.

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.

Your career goes fast, just a blink of an eye and you're an ex-baseball player, longer than you are a baseball player. I try not to think about it too much, but it seems like it does go fast.

You hear too many guys talk about retiring too soon.

I can't play football forever, I am not a greedy person.

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

I started playing when I was 10 for Milan, and I quit when I was 41, so it's a long, long career.

There are a lot of guys who football is all they have. And I love football to death, it got me here, it's what I've been doing since I was nine years old, but football ends at a point in time and you've got to be prepared for life after football.

Representing England has always been a privilege and my decision to take a break from Test cricket at the end of the home summer was made to ensure that, hopefully, I can do it for a lot longer.

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

There's some glory years, where if you play long enough and you've figured the game out, and physically you're still healthy enough, there are some years in there where you can really be productive. And those are fun years.

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