Final Game Quotes

Every football player knows when his time is up.

The first time I retired, only Sir Alex Ferguson and I knew that the last league game of the 2010-11 season against Blackpool was to be my final game at Old Trafford. I was a little bit sad, but I am not one for tears. The end of a career comes to us all, and there is not a lot you can do about that.

And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series.

There's nothing like going into somebody's building in Game 7 and winning.

I'm thankful that I have been able to play so long and still be healthy. I'm not all banged up and beaten down. I still feel good. But as much as I would love to play forever, I know that I can't.

I predict one of these two teams will win the Super Bowl.

I remember being a teenager and watching 40-year-old Michael Jordan compete in his final All-Star game.

Why did John Elway not come back for a shot at a third Super Bowl? He just had had enough.

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

But I don't look forward to the day that Kobe Bryant's not in purple and gold.

As a quarterback, there's no better way to finish your year, in winning a Super Bowl, than with a touchdown pass. The chances of that happening, by the looks of most of the Super Bowls, is a very rare chance. Fortunately for me, I had an opportunity.

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.

Not being able to end the last game of my college career with a win, it really hurts.

Game 7 is what you play for. It's what you work for.

All the people who were needed to be told about my decision were informed. 2021 World Cup would definitely be my swansong. I am looking forward to preparing for the World Cup.

The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion.

A Champions League final is so rare to play.

I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'

When it's my last year, I'll probably let people know when that last pitch is thrown and say thanks and walk away.

And when I hang up my boots and gloves at the end, I want to tell myself I gave everything to the sport.

I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto.

My journey as a player is complete.

You know, even though I feel that I can still play the game, God has made the answer clear to me. Retirement is now. I have to retire as a Green Bay Packer.

Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come.