You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
When you get old and play every day like I did, it's hard. Hard on your body. You start to get sore. You gain weight. But that makes me work harder, be stronger in my mind, and show I can still play.
I just want to play until I think I don't feel good - and if I can still do it. If I can't do it, I don't think I'll keep going once I don't feel I'm playing the way I want to.
I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.
If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.
If you keep performing, and if you stay healthy, you keep playing.
If you feel pain, you have to make up your mind whether you can play with it or not.
As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.
Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.