A Quote by Niko Kovac

To say a player is past it at 29, 30 isn't right. — © Niko Kovac
To say a player is past it at 29, 30 isn't right.

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Actually, I think that turning 29 was more difficult, because once I turned 29, I anticipated 30 for the whole year, so by the time 30 came around it really wasn't that bad.
Job 29 is about Job reflecting on his past before the calamity hit him to say this is the type of man I was. So, you want to know what God calls perfect and upright? Read Job 29, and you will understand what kind of man God esteems.
I felt different at 29 because 29, to me, is 30. There are times when I still feel like an actual toddler in a grown-up - well, semi-grown-up - body.
I've already started saying that I'm 30 when I'm still 29. That way, I'm already there.
You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I just think I respect him highly as a quality player. I did not like some things he did on the football pitch and I have the right to say that. It's not because you are older, suddenly, that you are a saint.
I think the past is not important. For every player, for every single player, the past stay there. If you did well in the past, OK.
I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.
I was 29 or 30 when I felt sure of what I was doing, but not fully identifying as a songwriter until I was 37.
29 to 30 million women voted for Donald Trump. Their voices are heard as well. They should be respected.
I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do.
I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
When the Sacramento Kings, when I was there, we win 29-30 games - that was a successful season. And it would be packed from start to finish. You couldn't get a seat.
I'm not a mean player. You'll notice I never pick on a player who has a number above 30.
Occasionally we all do wrong things from right motives. Only time can prove us right or wrong. The past is the past. Nothing can change it now, and who is to say that it was all wrong, anyway?
When you're paid $29 for something and 30 or 40 years later you're seeing it on eBay with pages going for $199 or more, it's like, "Dammit!"
Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to.
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