Decided Quote by Garry Kasparov

I never contemplated retiring but when I was a teenager I never thought I'd play past 30 years old. I thought I'd win a…

— Mats Wilander

I retire from competition with great pride at having had a positive impact on my sport. I intend to keep training and practicing martial…

— Georges St-Pierre

I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time…

— Jeff Gordon

I don't want to retire before the tournament starts for me.

— Garbine Muguruza

Every year you suit up, you play for a championship. Some years, some teams... it was very few times I think I played on…

— Grant Hill

If you are a player and you don't really retire by yourself there should still be an opportunity to qualify for the national team.

— Mats Hummels

I went seven years between 2002 and 2009 without winning. Then I did win in '09.

— Matt Kuchar

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

I go from unranked to world champion in one year.

— Cody Garbrandt

Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I…

— Richard Krajicek

As a player I had some good times but people forget I had a lot of hard times to get there; seven years in…

— Steve Bruce

I was in Benfica for five years, so for me to leave was a tough decision because I was happy there and I developed…

— Victor Lindelof