Post-Retirement Quotes

I did what I always wanted to do. Wrestling. - conquered that. Can't physically do it anymore. So now what? Maybe I'll paint. Maybe I'll write another book. Yeah, I'll try this acting thing and now actually concentrate on it and try and get better at it and take classes and get coaching and give it a shot.

About a year after I retired from playing, I decided that I wanted to getback to college, where I had the greatest time of my life, and to get involved with college football.

After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that.

Being retired is one thing, but staying retired is another. Even when I announced my retirement, I'm sure people thought I was going to come back.

I don't know if I want to be 65 or 67, still broadcasting games. But, why not? What else are you going to do?

Months after I retired, the Kings won the Stanley Cup and I was there for that game... I happened to be there with a buddy of mine and I was like, 'Oh, I miss this.'

When I do retire, you won't see me in the ring, but I will be working in the back with the young guys.

My dad had already retired by the time I was born.

I've always wanted to skate. If and when I decide to retire... I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.

I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work.

I need to retire from retirement.

When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.

My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.

It'd be best if Cristiano Ronaldo retired at Real Madrid and then worked at the club.

The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.

I will say that when I retire, I will probably do something to help others. I don't know know what it will be... probably I'll get involved in some charity.

I think the leotard for me became, after I retired, a sort of a symbol of the confines of still fitting into the ballet world in mind and body.

After I retired, it was quite a long time before I went back to my department. I thought I was well out of it.

And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough.

During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. It was after I retired from boxing that my true work began.

In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.

If I'm being honest, I think I'd be good at television; I just don't know if I am interested, because you are kind of geographically responsible to a location, and frankly I don't know if I retired from tennis so that I could sit around tennis tournaments 12 hours a day.

My kids go to school in Italy and after my playing career is over I want to spend time with my family.

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

I never ever gave ownership a thought. My thoughts before I retired were coaching and broadcasting.