Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you have, your body is tired.
I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past.
The older you get, the more your body starts to reject certain things.
Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.
As you get older, your body doesn't hold up as much.
When I reached 80, my world turned upside down physically. I've had a lot of physical problems.
As an older lineman, if you start to sit around, you get stiff. You get tired. Things start to set in.
Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.