Emo Philips Quotes

Getting older is almost like changing species, from cute middle-aged, white-tailed deer, to yak.

I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I was 30.

The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.

Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.

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

The reality is, I'm not 24 or 34 anymore. Things are going to be different when I prepare for and when I compete in an athletic endeavor.

I played high school basketball at six feet, then I went to 5-11 in my 50's, and then, bang, I went down to 5-9.

The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are.

I'm just getting older and better.

I'll never believe I'm any older than 18. I get angry when my body can't do what an 18-year-old's does. And looking in the mirror is really a tragic sight. There are many consolations to getting older, but physically, it's quite unkind. I find that I have as much mobility, but it takes longer to get pretty.

The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.

It makes me look so old.

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

I think, when I'm 73, I'm going to be getting softer, writing Hallmark cards, losing my teeth.

The neck starts to go at 43, and that's that.

I don't have hair anymore. I've shrunk. I'm barely 6 feet 2 inches. I just had my teeth fixed because I'm a grinder.

That's another great thing about getting older. Your life is written on your face.

As you get older, your body doesn't hold up as much.

I'm getting older. That's realistic. I can't reverse time. I can slow it down a little bit.

They say with age your reflexes slow down. I've not felt it.

The older you get, it is harder to prepare physically, even if you have all the experience in the world. You're more sore the next day, you can't pack in as much, and you have to train smarter. You have to pay attention to more subtle things like your warmup routine or core work.

I'm not the same fighter I used to be.

It's hard to dance after a certain age. All those athletic things - like looking up at my kneecaps - they're just not there anymore.

I'm 38, and everyone is making a big deal out of it because I got a few gray hairs cropping in my sides.

The only thing I can't change is the elasticity of my skin.