Players today moan about the number of games, but when you're young, you can't play enough.
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When you are young, you sometimes play one good game and then one bad game.
Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic.
A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.
I'm 26 years old. I don't need to be playing 16 anymore.
I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is.
You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don't all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create.
It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
When I was 13, I looked like I could play 16, and I wasn't mature enough to play 16.
As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.
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