Quotes About Retirement

I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.

I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.

I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a game of pool every now and then.

Companies have told us that they have employees who are near retirement age. We created a $5 billion reinsurance pool to help them bear the cost of those employees on the brink of retirement.

It is true that a population which is growing older needs to save, but the question is in what form the savings are made.

When the entire population of the world attains enlightenment, I'll retire and play golf every day.

I don't want to be the guy who sits on a front porch with a mint julep in his hand and rocks his life away.

Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.

ESG investing poses particular concerns under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or Erisa, the federal law governing private retirement plans.

I am a very positive person, but you don't get taught how to deal with the end of your career. Never.

Remember, what does 'retirement' mean? It doesn't mean that you're a couch potato. Leisure is not the same thing as rest. If you're bicycling five miles a day, that's leisure, but it certainly takes a lot of effort.

I don't want to be one of those old people getting up at 5 A.M. to potter.

If anybody is considering retirement. I'm all for it. You've got to live your life. I can't live your life for you.

I was honestly contemplating retirement. A lot of people don't know that, but I was done.

I'll never be in a dunk contest again. I don't ever want to be a part of it.

I became a free agent in 1999. I retired, that's how I got out of my contract. From that moment on, I've always been in control of my own destiny.

I am 84 years old and have not retired because I feel I have something to contribute.

The day I think I'm not enjoying the game and contributing the way I would like to, I'll hang up my boots.

The day corruption charges are levelled against me, I would retire and sit at home.

I don't know exactly what are you supposed to do when you retire. Lie on the couch and do nothing? I didn't want to do that.

I know a lot of athletes, they want to play until their 45 or 50 or whatever, some athletes claim, but count me out on that.

I have seen countless colleagues struggle to come to terms with retirement. I learned a lot from Richard Dunwoody when he was riding, and I completely understand why he took off and undertook what most people consider mad challenges.

The 'aha' moment came one to me one morning when I was applying my mascara, and I realized that the retirement crisis is actually a woman's crisis: Women live longer than men yet retire with less money.

Towards the end of my career, I was thinking about going into the media world. It's crucial: with three to four years left in the game, you begin to plan for the end.