David Ortiz Quotes

The reality is that my style of drumming is largely an athletic undertaking, and it does not pain me to realize that, like all athletes, there comes a time to... take yourself out of the game.

There's the hardest thing - when you cannot be as athletic or perform at a level you really want to. Your mind is telling you, but your body is not allowing you.

There will be a time when I physically cannot do this sport.

I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.

I've been able to come back at a high level which is something I'm happy about, not just stand on the pitch but able to perform as well.

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

I'm 6-foot-4. If my life depended on it, I could still dunk a basketball. Then I would need assistance from a first responder to get down from the rim.

When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.

I'm not athletic.

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 retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

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

I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I can pitch. But the body tells you no.

I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all.

God's given me so much talent, and my height doesn't define my skill set. I believe that God has given me a right arm, and for some reason, even though I'm 5'11", to be able to make the throws and make great decisions on the field and all that.

You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

I wanted to be a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs. Problem is that my athletic abilities in my mind are greater than what my body can accomplish.

When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a way to separate yourself from incredibly talented guys. Especially when you go through the injuries that I've had, you come back, and you might not physically be able to do some of the things you used to do.

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

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.

I'd love to still be able to play a bit of football, but my knees are shot to pieces.

You don't see too many attacking flair players continuing until their mid-30s at a high level.

As a running back, when you get the ball year after year - and I would say three years on the short end and seven on the long side - you reach a point where it seems like overnight, your body changes and you can't do what you used to do anymore. We see those drastic declines more at running back than any other position.

I hope I can make the decision to give up before my legs give up on me. I do not want to be embarrassing on the field and feel one day that I'm not at my best and players can beat me easily in duels.

I think there is definitely a physical peak for people, and it's probably a little bit later than most people would believe.