Bill Goldberg Quotes

I believe that, as an athlete, how you got to the age of 42 makes a big difference. I have learned about my body; I haven't gone off only talent until I was 42.

The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.

I don't think it's a question of age as much as it's a question of what kind of shape you're in.

Every old goalkeeper loses a step at some point, but you can gain that back through experience.

I have no problem with my hips - I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I'm just not the fastest person on the field anymore.

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 think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.

I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural.

I want to play at a good level for as long as possible and just stay healthy.

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.

Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.

I trained as hard as I could, I ran as much as I could, I sparred hard, I did everything right. I did everything I could possibly do at the age when I could fight. You have to be realistic; you can't say, 'Oh, I am smarter now, older and I can punch harder.' You think you can, but you can't.

My motivation to compete was always about improving one year to the next. At 34, I realised I'd never run any quicker, so why hang on? But I love running and still run along woodland trails and beaches every few days.

I understand that when a player reaches his mid-thirties, and has a few injuries, people start to question how long he can last.

I have always said that if I get a run of games and stay fit I know what I am capable of.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.

The important thing is to train well during the week so you perform well physically come matchday.

The older you get the harder you've got to train.

It's not easy, but I play with my body, and I can feel how important it is to get 100 percent fit to play. This is an important thing to play in the Premier League.

When you're the oldest rider at the Tour de France, you really feel it.

I want to play until I'm 38.

The sport is rough. It does wear and tear on the body.