I'd retired for about six or seven years. Coming back to the business, I found that I was sort of not quite a has-been, and it wasn't a new career, it was just kind of difficult to crack the nut, so to speak.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.
Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.
When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.
I've decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully - in about 200 years time.
I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.
I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to.
I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.
I had no illusions that my career would be any longer than three years tops.
I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.