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 felt pain every night. After games, it took me a long time to walk to my car, and the driving home, it took me a couple of minutes even to get out of my car and extend my legs and just walk.
You don't have niggles when you're 20. But as you get older you start to feel it.
As you grow older, it's harder to stay fit. Every day you wake up with pain, muscle aches which you don't know you had. I have to work harder on me than I used to when I was 18 years old. It takes me longer to recover now.
I think I'm in better shape now than I was 10 years ago, but it takes a bigger toll - I get back pain!
You can only punish your body so long before you're stuck with a horrendous inability to do things you'd previously been able to do.
As you get older, your body doesn't hold up as much.
All parts of the body get tired eventually—except the tongue.
A lot is made of my injuries and yes, I've had niggles and muscle problems. Some managers haven't picked me, and my form has played a part at times as well.
