Michelle Kwan Quotes

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

I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.

The Olympic games are already there and we don't have even half of what you need to train well.

In wrestling, there's a shelf life, and some wrestlers don't pay attention to the shelf life.

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.

It's hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.

Playing until I'm 40 is definitely a possibility.

As a league player, for myself, you strive to win a comp. I'm lucky enough to have achieved that... but most sportspeople would love to go to the Olympics, and I haven't achieved that.

Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran.

I want to play until I'm 38.

As a player, you have to assess how fit you are and look at your performance graph - how long you are delivering. Take Imran Khan's case: he played till 39.

My only aim is to win an Olympic medal.

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

Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.

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 had dreams of being a professional rugby player.

I played and scored for all of the teams I played for except in Turin.

I was a footballer for a long, long time.

My dad went to the Olympics, so he has that one over me. So if I go there, I'm pretty sure he has nothing to say anymore.

I thought my dream job was to play cricket.

You don't just go and pick up a gold medal anymore.

I want to be in the World Cup.

I just take it one fight at a time. If I'm able to fight, and I'm still healthy enough, I'd like to fight. But I'll know when it's time to stop.

Anyone who plays professional sport for a living is extremely lucky, and that's my overriding feeling - I believe I have the best job in the world!

It's all about playing. Your career's short enough as it is.