Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never asked for any of the days off in my career.
I am of the opinion that the burden of playing games is much too high, especially for international players that also play domestically with their clubs.
During the season, the teams play every third day. That's a huge workload with some long journeys. I think, in football, we need more time to rest and recover.
There's no need for City to make me have two training sessions a day.
If the NFL wants to change the season to 17 games they should ask me, and I say no. Because my body was hurting and I needed that break.
You can't have your bullpen throwing three or four innings every night. Just not fair to them.
I think it's a travesty that the NBA can't just tell these guys to play basketball two days in a row. It's just a joke to me. We flew commercial, and we were able to play back-to-back.
If young players are capable of playing 90 minutes every week at European clubs why prevent them from doing that?
