Ending Career Quotes

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

Yes I am finally hanging up my boots for good.

It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won't come back.

I am going to retire, and it is going to be a permanent retirement.

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.

Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna do anymore TV shows.

It's hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.

I've done my bit for motion pictures-I've stopped making them.

I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.

I don't think I'll be doing a lot more commercials.

I know this may come as a shock to most of you, but I've decided to quit acting. I will not be auditioning for anything anymore, and if I get offered something like a role in a movie or a commercial or something, I will graciously turn it down. It's been great, but its just not for me anymore.

There is no future for me as a closing pitcher.