Quotes About Retirement

Life after the White House found Dad enjoying having his grandchildren around and letting go of all the enormous burden he shouldered throughout his public life.

A lot of people believe that I retired from the game of football because of concussions - that is not accurate. I really retired primarily because of a degenerative back condition that I had.

I think, at 32, you are past your prime as a footballer.

In my day, I, myself, in my prime, in the late-'50s-mid-'70s I was about 270-275. After I broke my neck and I was in the hospital for a month or so, I dropped the weight to about 250 and I kept that weight until I retired.

If you think about who retires during their prime, the number of athletes who do that is very small.

The player option allows me to, hopefully, sign a lucrative deal in my prime, before retirement. If you're in a situation where you've played to a level where you can make more money, then you opt out and you make more money. And if you play really poorly, then you opt in and take the money that's scheduled to be on that piece of paper.

Those who believe that after I have left the government as prime minister, I will go into a permanent retirement, really should have their heads examined.

40 years old is about the time a principal dancer would start to think about retirement, but some go on to dance a little bit longer than that.

My guiding principle and motivation was that I wanted to retire by the time I turned 35. There actually are two books that I bought and still have - Paul Terhost's 'Cashing In On the American Dream: How to Retire at 35' and Andrew Tobias's 'The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need' - that were my personal financial road map.

People say people who spend too many years in prison don't know how to act when they get free. I don't know how I am going to act, how I am going to kill time, once I am not a fighter. Retirement scares me, and I have to think about how I am going to handle it.

There are hardly any private sector employees who get both a 401k and a pension. There's just no need that Congress should get both.

There's no pensions for old prize fighters.

I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.

I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.

I wanted to end my career as a pro coach and if possible, in Florida.

I could easily not act again. It's not a problem.

I've got two kids and a missus. I don't want problems after boxing. You need to be careful.

After 11 seasons, I retired from football. Four months later I was in Ghana shooting 'Beasts of No Nation' as an executive producer.

I feel as long as I'm playing productive minutes, I'll play. But if I'm sitting on the bench and not doing anything, then I'll retire.

Besides, I always thought that one of the great attractions of practising law was what I like to call the collegiality of the profession and I think that duty of collegiality applies even when we are retired.

I think the dirtiest word in the English language is retirement. When you do that, you get old and you get sick and you die.

Retirement isn't what it used to be. It used to be you retired and you disappeared off the face of the Earth. Now you have social media. I keep in touch with all my fans. It's great.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

Depression is a serious thing and, after my defeat to Pacquiao, I was facing retirement and didn't cope with it very well.