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When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.

There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.

The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.

Your body has such a memory.

The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.

It's an emotional time for you when you get injured. You're going through so much. You have a lot of time to think to yourself.

When you're young, all the accidents, all the pain you take them, but at least you're very strong. In fact through time, it's just adding more and more pain, more and more loss and it makes you more fragile.

The wonderful thing about age is that your knees don't work as well, you can't run down steps quite as easily and obviously you can't lift heavy weights. But your mind doesn't feel any different.

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.

You know, as you get older, the first thing you lose is memory. It seems to be happening with me.