Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Douglas MacArthur, New York Times, June 8, 1984. Age has extremely little to do with anything that matters.
Age is no barrier.
Joyner-Kersee Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties re passionate. The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. McMurty A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old.