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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

I'm not retiring.

Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end.

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.

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over.

One of the sad things about retiring is that you just become increasingly irrelevant. The world flows around you, and you don't seem to be impacting it any longer.

I'm retiring because my time is up.

I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired.