No matter how hard a person tries to evade its effects, we all get older. Age catches up with a person and it can give you subtle or not so subtle hints you’re not as young as you used to be. This is especially true in sports, where a person can just jump in and throw a football around or play in a pick up game of hockey with little to no stretching to needing a full-weekend to recover as you suddenly discover muscles you never knew you had. I doubt its any different in professional sports where the passing of one season to the next can be a humbling reminder of how age catches up to all of us eventually.