Cary Fukunaga Quotes

I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after I dislocated my knee and couldn't play sport.

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've had four knee surgeries in my career. I just don't do small injuries. The highs of winning are always balanced out by the lows of being injured and missing games. There was a time when I was out for nearly a year, having already been out for six months with another surgery before that.

I feel really good right now. It will really be a tough decision. It's so hard to give up what you love doing. Hanging up the boots will not be an easy thing to do.

The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.

I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.

I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's where I discovered acting.

Reaching the top 100 was always my goal since I started to play as a pro. In '05 I came quite close, reaching a ranking of No. 129, but then was stopped by a major shoulder injury.

You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.

In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.

Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport - I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL and had to stop playing.

I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.

Due to the injuries that I will have for the rest of my life, it is physically impossible for me to consider any career in wrestling.

I went into dancing but damaged my knees so decided to become an actress instead.

Getting past 30 as a sportsman, the end could be just around the corner.

In track years... track is not like other sports. You do have track athletes that stay in this sport until, like, 35, 36, but I think when you get to 28, it's really difficult.

If I wasn't modeling, I'd be studying economics or international politics.

A sort of sadness shall always remain in my mind that I was not allowed to retire while playing, but anyway, it's all a part of life for a sportsman who, while playing, never realises when he should retire, but he starts thinking about it when he is dropped.

I think, at 32, you are past your prime as a footballer.

I'd love to still be able to play a bit of football, but my knees are shot to pieces.

It was tough to quit football. But after I was injured, I didn't want people paying money to see only half a John Matuszak.

I went from being very athletic, one of the best guards in the NBA, to barely making it. No speed, no agility. I had to change how I played because I couldn't exercise or train because my knee constantly hurt.

I was on my way to becoming a Hall of Famer and having my name in the rafters, but three surgeries in 14 months, that is not good. I wasn't the same player.

Being in the league six years, things have kind of slowed down for me.

I remember being 32 years old and feeling great, better than ever physically. Then at 33, I tore my shoulder and was out for eight months, and it was like I fell off a cliff. I was never the same.