Quotes About Maturity

I wasn't around in the old days, but if you look at guys from the 70s, 80s and 90s, back then these guys were the kind of guys that if you walked up to them in a bar you would not go up to them and talk trash to.

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older.

I've got my years on tour now kind of under my belt, and I'm getting the experience and playing more and more big matches, which I think helps.

It ain't over at 40. I haven't crested the best part of my career.

Get on with your life and learn to become a better man and that's the way I live my life.

I feel better now at 38 then I did when I was 17. But then, when I was 17 I did have the attitude of a 40 year-old.

I've done a lot of self-improvement. I'm always working on being a better person.

Sometimes, off the field you learn the most, becoming a better person, and nutritionally, I've worked a lot on it.

It's like when your parents tell you what to do, but it's not until you go through it yourself that you see why they said what they said. Sometimes you just have to go through things in life to become a better person.

I had my crisis at 30. I was actually really comfortable with 40. Life was in a better place.

With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.

Leipzig made me a better player.

I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film.

To have the ability to look back on the problems that weren't big problems after all is something I think we can all learn from.

I have a big responsibility as a father. That helps me to be more sensible.

As you grow older, you start looking at the bigger picture. You don't look at only yourself.

My biggest problem is not acting my age.

When you go through the death of somebody who you care about, and taking on moving, bills, and a daughter, it makes you feel older. You learn a lot about life.

From the age of 17 through my 20s, I was living on my own, so sometimes I wouldn't even tell anybody it was my birthday. It was not a big thing for me.

I was born on Dev Anand's birthday so I believe... the older I get, the better I become.

I always knew that good stuff would come along when I was older. So when I was 18, I longed to be 30; when I was 30, I longed to be 50. I've always looked forward to my next birthday.

I've run out of mates that haven't had a baby now. It does make me think of my parents having a family so young and the fact that I've been able to avoid it for so long. It does make me a feel a little bit selfish.

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!