Performance Decline Quotes

Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you have, your body is tired.

To continue playing late into your twenties in the same style that you once played as a teenager is not possible.

Winning is very addictive, that's why it's very hard when suddenly - boom - you are not the favorites any more.

The reality is that my style of drumming is largely an athletic undertaking, and it does not pain me to realize that, like all athletes, there comes a time to... take yourself out of the game.

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

I ain't as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.

I realise every swimmer has a shelf life. No, I haven't given any thought to when I will retire, but I also know I won't be able to swim forever.

I think, at 32, you are past your prime as a footballer.

Everything will be seen on your computer or BlackBerry or whatever devices we will be seeing in the future. Comedians will put their content on whatever server and send it to you specifically. We may even lose the live performance.

There will be a time when I physically cannot do this sport.

In a season, you're going to go through slumps.

When I started not training as hard and doing what I needed to do, everyone else improved without me improving.

I have always promised myself and my wife that when I don't enjoy it anymore, or I can't handle the stress and the pressure that comes with having such a high-profile and top job - or my energy levels starts to fail me, or my enthusiasm starts to be dented - I won't prolong my career longer than I feel I should.

The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become.

What's great about stand-up unlike athletes and other things when you get old you get old and rusty.

People turn professional and they are not running as fast as they did in college because it is a lot different, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have that kind of transition and always stayed on top.

I have no problem with my hips - I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I'm just not the fastest person on the field anymore.

Getting past 30 as a sportsman, the end could be just around the corner.

One thing anyone can go through is a slump. Unless you're Greg Maddux, it's going to happen to everybody.

I've experienced it with Chelsea Women: it can be very hard at the top for long periods of time, fighting just to stay in the same position and to preserve an unbeaten run that will always come to an end.

Often, in a tournament, the players that get injured or suffer a lack of form are the guys at the cutting edge, the guys who make the difference or score the goals.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

Once upon a time, I could sing three hours. Now, when you see me say 'I'm done,' I'm done; ain't nothing left till the next night.

I don't want to be hitting one day then not hitting my shots the next day.

You don't want to get worse at something.