Wanderlei Silva Quotes

I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.

I just felt all along that if I could get a certain amount of years in the league, have great years and still have my health when I walked away, that would be great.

What people don't understand is the summertime is motivation - how willing you're willing to work for the upcoming season - and I think, as older players, once you see that drive fall off in the summer, then I think it's time to hang it up.

I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.

I think fitness and performance levels are the right indicators to determine if it's the time to leave the scene.

It's hard to know when to call it a day as a footballer.

I've been fortunate enough to play at all the age groups but I'm not eligible for them anymore.

I'm just living life, but I'm happy to still be fighting at 41. It's something I like to do, so the more I can do this, the better.

I'm playing basketball. It's my dream job. So I'm a pretty happy camper.

We want to make our fans happy and I hope we can achieve that.

I think as long as I feel good and am able to perform on a high level, I will keep playing because I love football so much. After that, I have many options but haven't set any goals.

Boxing's not going to retire me; I'll retire from boxing. That's where most people make mistakes. They normally stay in the game a bit too long.

Arjen does not need to play anymore to make money; he plays because he enjoys it.

Before the Roy Jones fight, I knew I was going to retire because I couldn't train, my hands had gone, and the hunger had gone.

A life of a sportsperson is approximately 14-15 years long and fatigue will be a part of it, but they have to manage that.

I was enjoying life at West Ham; I really was. I wanted to do the whole five years there, become a favourite with the fans, and end my career there.

I think the average MLB career now is just a few years. The quote that has always resonated with me is 'We're going to be former players a lot longer than we were current players.'

You can't do WWE forever; like, your body will just not hold up.

The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion.

Mentally, I could fight forever. I feel I'm the best fighter on the planet. My mind says I can fight forever, but physically, I won't be able to do it.

I don't miss basketball because I've already got in my mind that I did what I had to do for 17 years. I think I'm satisfied with what I did.

I hope when I finish with football, I'll be happy with what I've achieved.

When you are getting warmed up and you hear the fans there, singing your name, when you feel that the fans support you like this, it gives you even more determination inside.

I've made a lot of money, I'm happy where I'm at. I've got a good family - I don't really need to play football.

In the end, the important thing is that you decide where you will be happy and where you can do well, to show that as well as being footballers, we are people.