You retire when you are sick and when you can't do it any more or when the public retires you. That's the most painful, because that's the one that leaves you wanting to accomplish more.
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I just see too many people retire and say, 'I'm going to take off, travel, spend time with my family' and they are just miserable. They end up dying. People who work and stay active, and like what they are doing, live longer.
I have two main reasons for retiring. The first is I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past. That has been very, very frustrating to me throughout this past year. The second one is realizing my health, along with my family, is the most important thing in the world.
To retire is to die.
The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.
The pain of retirement means loss.
To retire is to begin to die.
I love discomfort. I mean, my whole life is discomfort. One reason I can never retire is that the idea of just sitting on the beach totally comfortable is not a desideratum in my life. I like ambiguity, I like conflict, I like uncertainly.
Retiring is getting ready to die.
I've got no idea when I am going to retire. Whenever they pick me up and take me to the funeral home, I guess.
Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.
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