Best Quote by Christian Cage

'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best…

— Carl Lewis

I do think I retired too soon. I just felt at that particular time in 2002, after winning a fifth world title belt, why…

— Naseem Hamed

As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think…

— Oscar De La Hoya

Retiring was very tough, it's tough at the best of times. Nothing can prepare you for it.

— Ryan Mason

When you retire, people don't look at how good you became. They look at what you've won. We remember the winners.

— Kylian Mbappe

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…

— Clyde Drexler

A lot of people have wondered what Ive been up to. I retired from my career after 24 years. My feeling was that it…

— Kristy McNichol

Retiring had nothing to do with love of the game. Nothing. It had to do with how I felt about myself. I needed the…

— Rolando McClain

When I am retired I will know how good I was.

— Callum Smith

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me…

— Michael Jordan

The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play.

— Drew Bledsoe

I can remember the day I decided I would retire from competitive athletics as vividly as if it were yesterday.

— Sebastian Coe