Basketball player “Bet Nizhny Novgorod » Anton Ponkrachov in an interview with , he stated that he was not going to retire in the near future.
This season of the VTB United League, the 37-year-old basketball player participated in six matches, averaging 3.3 points per game, making 2.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists.
— July 2023, you leave Nizhni. Did you feel like it was time to finish?
– No and I won’t. Not even close to retiring. I feel good. Those who subscribe to my channel know that I am in good shape, I try not to let myself go.
For each athlete, the timing of retirement is individual. First of all, I don’t feel like I’m tired of basketball, I want to continue playing.
— In 2012, you said you would play until age 40. Do you feel the same now?
— It is customary for us to talk about the age of athletes – it has become a cliché. I’m not comparing myself to LeBron James, but we see what he does at 38 years old. It seems to me that age is a stereotype, people think that at that age you are a grandfather and an old man. It all depends on desire and performance. If you are ready to work and monitor your recovery, then in modern sport 38 years is not the ceiling,” Ponkrashov said in an interview with .
Ponkrashov is the 2007 European champion as part of the Russian national team.
Watch live broadcasts of United League matches on Match Group TV channels, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV
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