One of my favourite Rafael Nadal quotes was delivered at the French Open in 2014.
"I think that our generation is now on the way out," the Spaniard said.
"We have been here for a long while. A generation is walking away and others will replace us. It will not come overnight, but it will come."
Nadal uttered those words 10 years ago. Since then, he has won another nine Grand Slam titles, a fourth Davis Cup trophy and enjoyed five further spells as world number one.
How very typical of his stellar generation.