Steve Young Quotes

You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.

If you look after yourself and are willing to adapt - there is no reason why you can't play at the top level until your late 30s.

Every time an older player gets toward the end of their career, they're always talking about 'I feel better now than I did 10 years ago.'

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

I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.

If you can play the game later in your career very similar to how you played earlier in your career, then it bodes well for you to play longer and play better longer.

I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36.

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

I still feel like I've got a lot of great football in front of me and the way that I've taken care of myself better the last few years. I think is going to put me in position to be able to play really well late in my 30s and even in my early 40s, possibly, if they'd like to keep me around that long and I can still play a little bit.

What I'm doing with my body and with my golf game, I'm trying to extend the longevity of my career.

I don't believe you could be a 39-year-old quarterback in the NFL and eat cheeseburgers every day. I want to be able to do what I love to do for a long time.

Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years.

I do not forecast playing until 38 or 39.

If I am still fighting at 35 I will be disappointed.

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.

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.

Playing until I'm 40 is definitely a possibility.

Would I still be playing at the top level at the age of 37 years if I had any weaknesses?

I want to play until I'm 38.

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

Mark Hughes played until he was nearly 40 at a decent level, and I think I can do the same.

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

I don't have any aspirations to play until I'm 50 years old.

I don't want to play till I'm 40.