"Vince Carter often jokingly refers to himself as "the old man," as he's the eldest player on a veteran but still relatively youthful Magic squad. He's very serious about not using his age as an excuse, though, as he wants to play full starter minutes and play as many minutes as possible.

But as his age continues to climb, the idea of limiting his playing time has come up more than once. The playoffs are what's important, so maybe he should take it somewhat easy till then?

No way.

"Stan's not going for that," Vince Carter joked, before adding that he wouldn't want that either.

"I put more work in this summer making sure I'm prepared to play regardless," said Carter, 33. "I tried not to use age as an excuse. If I'm going to step out there, I'm going to perform and do what I need to do: go out there and play.""