Robert Parish Quotes

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

I was getting old, man. I was staring 27 in the face.

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

My first recognition of age setting in was exactly on my 36th birthday. I have no idea why, on this day of all days, I looked in the mirror and realized my face no longer looked young.

I'm not 20 anymore, and I feel it.

If you've never been 40, you don't understand how it feels.

I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

I wasn't worried about turning 40 at all.

I felt like it was a great secret when I found out that I could be in my 30s.

You know you're getting older when - well, first off, when you read almost any story that begins 'You know you're getting older when.' But you also know it when you not only never heard of the musical guest on a given 'Saturday Night Live' but never heard of the host, either.

I remember the moment I first became aware of aging. I was 30. I looked down at my knees, and the skin above them had become a little loose. And I thought, 'And so it begins!'

Speaking personally, I didn't think 40 would be a big issue, and I don't think I have issues about age, but there are naturally some big questions that come up at that point in your life.

Let me tell you, hitting 40 is not fun.

My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July.

A lot happens at 50, the best thing being that you just don't care anymore. At 40, you still care. At 30, you care way too much - and your twenties are quite frankly a nightmare. Bring on 60, I say: just imagine the joy of having grandchildren.

I don't look like my high school self anymore. I feel like I look more like an adult now.

I love being in my forties. Just getting there and realising that you haven't grown horns or boils on your bum, when all the time it had been this thing looming in the future, is such a relief.

The older I get, the more grays are popping out. They're definitely all over my beard.

Turning 40 didn't, as a number, scare me or throw me off at all.

Having a collection of regrets when you hit your 40s is part of the deal.

Of course, no one wants to get older.

I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.

Growing up, getting older, your age - you get to the point where you're comfortable in your own skin, you know who you are.