I Retired Quotes
53 quotes by 51 authors
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I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.
— Javier Bardem
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For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did…
— Smedley Butler
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I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.
— Eric Cantona
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I think the people here in New York appreciated what I brought to the table, and they showed it when I retired by the way…
— Patrick Ewing
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I retired when I was 30 and I was bored shitless.
— Clive Palmer
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I was fortunate enough to win a Super Bowl before retiring, and in fact I retired immediately after winning the Super Bowl. I went out…
— Jerome Bettis
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When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.
— Karl Malone
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There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet,…
— Sheryl Swoopes
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Like many athletes, I played in college for the chance to play in the pros. In the years since I retired, I've come to realize…
— Pat Toomay
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But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more…
— Richard Krajicek
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When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.
— Barbara Mandrell
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I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.
— David Cone
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I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with…
— George Mason
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The Marine Corps went from 15,000, which its strength was when I was Commandant, to approximately 400,000 when I retired, and more than that afterward,…
— Thomas Holcomb
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I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four…
— Cathy Freeman
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I’m fortunate to have found out early, in 1990, just two years after I retired, that I have neurological damage. I try to manage it.…
— Harry Carson
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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…
— Muhammad Ali
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I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.
— Ricky Williams
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