Andy Taylor Quotes

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing.

When I announced my retirement, that was actually when I was trying to come back and I realized, it just wasn't viable. It passed me by. My shoulder is done. I brush my teeth with my left hand now. That's just the way it goes. I can't shoot a basketball, I can't throw any kind of ball. I was right handed.

When I reached 80, my world turned upside down physically. I've had a lot of physical problems.

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.

Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

When you get older, you've got to find some things differently because sometimes your body won't allow you do what you. When you're younger you can do a lot of stuff, moving around.

It's when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.

I used to do things like white-water rafting, trekking and horse-riding safaris. Recently, though, I had the humiliation of having to turn away from a helter skelter. It's a very strange thing when you hit a certain age.

I just hate getting old - it's slowing me down.

It sucks getting old.

My athleticism will go away some day. I'm gonna be old one of these days, so I'm going to be able to use those post moves.

I'm not the spring chicken anymore.

Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to.

I find, to my amazement, that I have reached the age of 90!

You know you're old when you're asked, 'Do you have hobbies?'

I used to be grumpy. I am no more. I am old now. See my grey beards.

I turned 65 and thought, 'Oh my God, I'm a senior. How did this happen?'

Many older people I know are focused on the past. When they talk about the future, they are, quite understandably, preoccupied with the hassles and obstacles of their increasing age.

My mind still wants to do everything; my body can't anymore. My mind would want to continue until I was 100.

One simply runs out of energy as you get old. One doesn't take on new tasks of exploration because it takes an extended period of intense thinking and working on it, and that becomes impractical.

I can have a career right into my old age, creating music in some way. It seems like a lovely way to go through life.

I have no desire to be 60 years old and standing on the side of the pitch.

As you get older, you start to read the game more, and as your brain starts working more, and as you get a good footballing brain, your legs start slowing down!