It's not easy to retire. No one teaches you how. I found that out when I tried it the first time. I'm not a quitter.
When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic goes away, you can't just sit back in a rocking chair and be retired at 35. I'm not a good enough golfer to play golf every day.
That retirement plan I had, getting out by 32, may still be the case even though at the minute it's in the back of my mind. It's important to get out at the right time.
A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan, for better or worse.
I don't know the right way to retire.
There will always be different opinions. Some might argue you should retire after a big success and others that the best time is after a big defeat.
I do think I retired too soon. I just felt at that particular time in 2002, after winning a fifth world title belt, why not be one of the smart ones in boxing and get out.
I wouldn't know what to do retiring. So I have no plans to retire.
Retirement is a work in progress. I try to figure out my day, and what I know about myself is that I need structure.
I haven't quite got the hang of this retirement thing.
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
I can't bear the thought of retirement, and I haven't prepared myself for it. I don't play bridge, and I don't play golf. I do play tennis, but you can't do that every day of the week.
I have seen a lot of top players being forced to retire in not very pleasant circumstances, and I don't want that happening to me.
There is no question that policy makers, corporate leaders, pension consultants, and journalists too have to get out into the real world to at least see the pain of retirement woes before they start to prescribe policies and solutions.
