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I haven't quite got the hang of this retirement thing.

My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

A pension is nothing more than deferred compensation.

Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer.

Think of your pension and start saving. Like my father, I have been a spendthrift, and I regret that.

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

I had a 20-year, stellar government career.

At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.