I do not forecast playing until 38 or 39.
I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey.
I think there is definitely a physical peak for people, and it's probably a little bit later than most people would believe.
Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.
I've always said that as I've gotten older and come into my prime, when I turned 28 would be my best time.
Men peak at age nineteen and go downhill.
As a tennis player, or any professional athlete, our career has a shelf life. I don't want to waste any opportunities, I don't want to look back on it when I'm 45 and think I could have done a lot more.
People aren't winning Slams at 21 anymore. It's later.
My best performances were when I was 30 years old, and I was a vegan.
In wrestling, there's a shelf life, and some wrestlers don't pay attention to the shelf life.
A male athlete's peak, I believe, should be somewhere between 26 and 30.
I'm 42 now, what I would consider prime time.
I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s.
At age 10, I was better at ballet than I think I will ever be at any physical activity for the rest of my life.
Eleven years old is not an early age to set your sight on the Olympics for a gymnast, because we normally peak in high school. I first qualified for the Olympics team during my sophomore year in high school, when I was 15 years old.
At 26, you're in your prime as a striker. And in the mid-20s you're more mature, you have experience in game-deciding situations, you stay relaxed.
