Gareth Barry Quotes

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

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

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 want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

There's some glory years, where if you play long enough and you've figured the game out, and physically you're still healthy enough, there are some years in there where you can really be productive. And those are fun years.

As a running back, when you get the ball year after year - and I would say three years on the short end and seven on the long side - you reach a point where it seems like overnight, your body changes and you can't do what you used to do anymore. We see those drastic declines more at running back than any other position.

Boxing does not favor boxers over 35 who rely on reflexes.

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

Fighters can fight into their 50s. Why not?

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

I won't have to do any major changes to continue my career a long way, hopefully. Just hopefully stay healthy and be able to help a team out as I go through and still play at a pretty high level.

I can play until I'm 40. But I won't.

I spent two great seasons playing in the Russian championship. I could have stayed there, but I went to the Premier League, which is much more competitive and requires much greater levels of fitness.

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

Some fighters had blinding speed and reflexes in their heyday but faded badly with age.

There are a lot of men playing great tennis well into their thirties.

I'm all for players extending their careers, and I'm all for trying to be as healthy as possible for the playoff run.

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.'

It would be great to play until I'm 40 like Ryan Giggs.