So a veteran player, even an iconic one, might want to accept the fact that a final big score that carries past his 40th birthday may be a thing of the past.

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But I think it's one of those things that you learn as you become more of a veteran player, to kind of get that hand out there when you see the ball, when you're starting to get really close to the end of the real estate.

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Veteran broadcaster and writer Lubomir Doruzka tells how a guitar player was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp for singing a chorus of Louis Armstrong's "Super Tiger Rag".

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One player not expected to be joining such heavyweights was Slovak veteran Zuzana Kucova, who finally won a grand slam match after 12 years of trying.

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The world's top-ranked player, Yani Tseng of Taiwan, finished equal 50th alongside veteran former No. 1 Karrie Webb after carding a second successive 78.

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Veteran prop du Randt has announced he is retiring after becoming only the fourth player to win two World Cups, after Australians Tim Horan, Jason Little and John Eales.

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As a younger player, Nielsen often watched highlights of NHL games on television and saw veteran forward Alex Kovalev use a similar technique on breakaways, and he's happy to confess to plagiarizing Kovalev.

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They could also turn to a young, defensive minded player, like Melky Mesa, or could seek outside help perhaps a veteran like Alfonso Soriano or Vernon Wells.

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