Quotes About Retirement

I would like to ask, Should not a player who has played 12 to 13 years for his country deserves a farewell match?

I know I'm not doing myself any favors by continuing to play.

I've beaten all contenders for 11 years. I'm not a robot; I'm fed up. My body's tired of it. I'm 36.

No, I don't have a feminine side. I've never been in touch with it. And the day I get in touch with my feminine side is the day I retire.

I want that fifth championship. If that does not present itself, then I'm closer to retirement.

I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement.

In boxing, if a fighter doesn't leave the sport on time, something bad is likely to happen.

I made peace with retirement, but when you're a fighter, you're always a fighter.

You know how some fighters retire but you have a feeling they will be back at some point? I don't get that feeling from Chad Mendes.

Too many fighters stay in the game for too long. They stay because it's awfully hard to walk away from the roar of the crowd. Really hard. You live for that and so you stay too long. And you might have a wife and kids to feed. So you keep fighting because you don't know how to do anything else.

There are a lot of fighters, when I fight them, they stay hit forever and never fight again.

If I am still fighting at 35 I will be disappointed.

Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

I don't want to be one of those guys who fights until they're 38, 40 years old. I don't want to put my wife through that, and I don't want to put my kids through that.

I think 113 fights are really enough.

Yes, your kids should go to school. No, you shouldn't bankroll their degree whatever the cost. You've spent your life creating a sound financial plan; don't upend it by suspending your retirement savings or taking out a home equity line of credit to pay for a pricey college.

I want to retire and want to be able to live out my days financially secure. That's what everyone wants.

I would love to retire a City player and I have my fingers crossed it is something that can still happen. When I did leave in 2005, I broke down crying on the way to sign for Chelsea, but back then, we needed the money my sale brought in.

I can count on one hand and maybe a couple of fingers on another the number of players I'll keep in touch with after my playing career is over.

People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.

When I'm finished with politics, I'll have a richer life. I'd like to go to the theatre.

I want to see Ronda coming back, her finishing her career with a win. Every athlete deserves that.

I can imagine finishing my career at Chelsea.

A football career is a finite career.