McNair announces retirement
Steve McNair has announced his retirement after a 13-year career in the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens star, 35, has been training in an effort to recover from long-running groin, back and shoulder injuries but, despite feeling mentally ready to play, has revealed that his body cannot cope with the effort he has place it under.
Quarterback McNair, who will be best remembered for being a co-MVP in 2003 and for being a three-time Pro-Bowl selection.
Yet he admitted it was simply time to accept the inevitable.
"Coming out and making this decision, it was hard," he said.
"In your mind, you feel like you can play, that you can still compete. But when your mind and your body are not in accord, it's not going to work in the National Football League.
"My mind was there. Mentally, I could go out and play. But physically, I couldn't do it anymore. Not to the capacity that I need to help my teammates win a football game."
"My mind was telling me, 'Yes,' and my body was like, 'No, what are you doing?' I came up with (the idea of retiring) two or three days ago, but it's been lingering ever since December."
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