Anything Quote by Jonathan Agnew

Some people really think I'm an ex-pro player.

— Ken Howard

I didn't want to be one of those ex-pros, aye hanging around. I think that's wrong.

— Drew Busby

You always want to play good against your ex-team.

— Goran Dragic

I'm not going to be a guy that retires and keeps coming back. When I'm gone, I'm gone. Same thing as amateur wrestling; when…

— Kurt Angle

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

— Drew Bledsoe

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

It's always fun to play against your ex-teammates to see how they're going to react.

— Bojan Bogdanovic

It's taken me 30 years to get this way, and I don't intend to let go. I work hard, but I play hard, too,…

— John Barrowman

Mentally I was retired, and physically I was retired. I was playing recreational ball. But when the decision happened with Chris Bosh and LeBron,…

— Penny Hardaway

You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I…

— Eric Cantona

I retired when I was 40. I started when I was 19. I never wanted to be a guy who was a shell of…

— Christian Cage

For a few years after I stopped playing people would ask me how I was coping with retirement and there would often be a…

— Tim Henman