Mile Jedinak Quotes

Nobody wants to retire from football.

It's terrible to consider never playing another Test again but what's more terrifying is the thought of never playing again at all.

I will not play a farewell game with the national team. I would like to thank the federation for expressing an interest. But I prefer to leave football with an official match because I am not a fan of farewell games.

How do I imagine my last-ever game? Maybe I'll go out like Zidane, headbutting someone on the pitch!

I have said goodbye to international cricket.

I'm going to stop playing football after 22 years.

When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match.

I will end my career with Roma.

There comes a time in any proud sportsman's career when you have to make the difficult decision to stop.

The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.

Honestly, during the 2018 World Cup itself, I was saying T20 World Cup was going to be my last.

It's always hard the moment you decide to stop playing. It doesn't matter if you're at a small club or a big club: it's the end of your playing career, so that's always going to be a big moment for any player.

This will be Valegro's retirement after Rio, so I want to go out there and want to enjoy every last minute.

Unfortunately, everyone's football career does come to an end.

It may be the swansong of my wrestling career, but definitely not the end of Mark Henry!

The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.

I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I'm saying this will probably be my last tour. That's truly the way I'm looking at it.

I'm sorry I didn't feel any better or play any better, but that's what happens at the end of careers.

You know, even though I feel that I can still play the game, God has made the answer clear to me. Retirement is now. I have to retire as a Green Bay Packer.

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.

It's just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means 'for now.'

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'

Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.

I’ve made the decision to get off the stage.