Even Rod Woodson will tell you his best year he had as a professional was when he was 36 years old. If you think about why, you're much wiser.
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No professional athlete likes to admit that he has played too long. There is too much money involved, rarely enough saved, and there is the eternal hope that age has not withered skills.
I had the greatest year of my career in 2007. It's a year that I'm very proud of.
I always felt like my best years would be from 50 to 65 years old. I don't know why. It was a feeling I had even when I was really young.
These days, to be seven years in one spot in any pro sport is a pretty long tenure.
I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good.
So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.
There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.
The best years are behind me.
So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching.
The best thing about getting older is knowing history. The longer you live, the longer you have been in a sport, the more you know, and the more you know where things started.
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