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Message: [QUOTE="Ozimoto, post: 4061846, member: 6677"] It's always a challenge for an elite athlete to make that decision. When do you know it's time to go? How do you give up something you love before you stay too long, getting to the point where those you play with and the fans are embarrassed for you? As a kid, I loved John Unitas and Brooks Robinson. Fantastic players in their prime, but in my opinion both hung on too long to the point where their games were mere shadows of what they used to be. As I recall in both of their cases, they didn't retire on their terms. Managers and coaches had the difficult task to inform them that they just couldn't play the game anymore. Not, in my opinion, the best way to end Hall of Fame careers. [/QUOTE]