Quotes About Retirement

Four people on the verge of retirement, each one of us living alone, and without any close relative near – that's us.

If the two women feared that the coming of this date [their retirement] might give some clue to their ages, it was not an occasion for embarrassment because nobody else had been in the least interested, both of them having long ago reached ages beyond any kind of speculation.

Ageing, slightly mad and on the threshold of retirement, it was an uneasy combination and it was no wonder that people shied away from her or made only the most perfunctory remarks. It was difficult to imagine what her retirement would be like—impossibe and rather gruesome to speculate on it.

You are a modest man; you love quiet and independence, and have a delicacy and reserve in your temper which renders it impossible for you to elbow your way in the world, and be the herald of your own merits. Be content then with a modest retirement, with the esteem of your intimate friends, with the praises of a blameless heart, and a delicate, ingenuous spirit; but resign the splendid distinctions of the world to those who can better scramble for them.

I hope to get out before they start football next year.

Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.

By the end of my career I just really hated being out there on that field and being subjected to what was happening to me.

There's no reason to go back in the ring and prove anything.

When I retired from active duty, I still felt that I owed something to my community. That's why I pursued education... I still miss the classroom and recall those days fondly.

I was never good at scratching, but I was good at collecting old records. Florida was a great place for that, because it's where people go to die.

A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.

Every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves.

The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.

I would love to put closure on my career with one last fight at the Garden, but at the same time, if that doesn't happen, I definitely consider myself done.

I am a happy man. I am no longer out on the pitch but I still live in the football world.

Saying, 'I'm going to hang up my hat today, and I'm retiring,' it's not a concept for me, and it never has been. I figure, when I'm 81, I'll play 81-year-old parts, hopefully.

I've been on a lot of shows that I like, doing guest appearances and little things. I'm just trying to have fun with being retired.

Why was I considering retirement at the age of just 25? Because I really wasn't having fun on court.

I've been given an opportunity to finish my career out the way it's supposed to be, having fun.

I'm gonna be on the Hawaiian beaches when I'm old.

You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And you should be able to give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even farther and accomplish even more than you could ever imagine.

The 'People's Budget' rewards hard work and invests in our country. It ensures that everyone has an opportunity to get a good education, find a good job, live in a safe and secure home, put food on the table, have affordable health care, save for retirement, and maybe have a little left over.

We have to focus on growing the economy, getting people working again, so they can put a roof over their heads to provide health care and education for their children and plan for their retirement.

I consider myself to be one of the really, really fortunate ones to have gotten out of the game as healthy as I did.