Since Social Security faces a large gap between what it promises younger workers and what it can afford to pay them, private savings will likely need to play a larger role in retirement planning for younger workers.
My guiding principle and motivation was that I wanted to retire by the time I turned 35. There actually are two books that I bought and still have - Paul Terhost's 'Cashing In On the American Dream: How to Retire at 35' and Andrew Tobias's 'The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need' - that were my personal financial road map.
I'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house.
Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings, and you come out and fight.
I had always believed that I would retire with Planned Parenthood.
I'll never retire.
I haven't thought of retirement yet, but when I stop enjoying the game or when injuries force me, I will quit.
For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
If you put nothing away for retirement, I can tell you, to the last penny, how much you will have when you retire: nothing.
Though Congress continues to explore possible solutions to ensure social security solvency, everyone must take personal responsibility to prepare their own retirement savings accordingly.
We need to make sure people continue to have access to retirement plans because everyone deserves the opportunity to retire with dignity and financial independence.
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
I've got no idea when I am going to retire. Whenever they pick me up and take me to the funeral home, I guess.
When I finally quit for the second time in the summer of 2013, I had accepted that this really was the end, and, having got over that, the move into retirement was a lot easier.
I don't want to retire, because you stay retired for an awfully long time.
You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.
I retired at 35 in '98 and thought, 'There's only one place to go, and that's downward.' I retired at a good level. I was at peace after 15 years - I was lucky to play that long.
We all retire one day. If we want to, if we don't want to.
I alone will decide when I'm retiring.
I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off.
If I hear the word 'retire,' it makes me want to throw up. And then do what? Sit around all day watching television?
I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.
I never retired.
I'm never going to retire.
'Returnless risk' is not how you prepare for a decent retirement.
