The first part of my life, as a player, has ended but now I'm heading into an equally important part as a manager, hoping to do as well as I did on the field.
You must prepare to quit, and they should start doing that from day one because the average life of a pro-football player is only three and a half years. It's not five. It's not seven. It's not 10.
Being in the Hall of Fame is where any player wants to be at the end of his career. It's somewhat of a last step for a player in terms of their career, and it's a place where you'll always be remembered for what you accomplished.
Jose DeLeon on his career has seventy-three wins and one-hundred and five RBIs.
I think the first time I finished a season with the same manager who started it was Martin O'Neill at Villa, probably five seasons into my career.
In the modern era, with the rewards the top players have during their career and the risks involved moving into management, more will look at it and say they don't need it.
I'm proud of my career as a player.
I started playing when I was 10 for Milan, and I quit when I was 41, so it's a long, long career.
In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games.
The main lesson I learned from 2015 is that a World Cup doesn't define a player's career.
I'll never forget my time at Banfield. It is a club that gave me everything and gave me the opportunity to become a man and a player.
I can't speak for the Warriors but for me and my career, being traded to the Celtics changed the trajectory of my career.
My journey as a player is complete.
There's managers out there now who would love to have won a single trophy. The fact is the vast majority of them haven't. So I'm quite cool about what I did as a player and as a manager. Could I have done better, or differently? Of course. But that's all water that has flowed under the bridge; it doesn't cause me any sleepless nights.
As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire.
It's always hard the moment you decide to stop playing. It doesn't matter if you're at a small club or a big club: it's the end of your playing career, so that's always going to be a big moment for any player.
