Allen Iverson Quotes

The practice days, the walkthroughs, the bus rides - all those things you can't come back to. When you are getting into Year 15, you think about it. This thing is going to come to an end at some point.

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.

I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career.

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

No athlete ever ends his or her career the way you want to. We all want to play forever. But it doesn't work that way. Accepting the end gracefully is part of being a professional athlete.

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

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

You're never prepared for the end of a career.

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.

Officially I'm not playing any more. I've stopped. My time is up. Everything has been a lot of fun.

The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something.

My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.

It's been a great run. I've done everything I can do announcing wise.

After much deliberation I have made the decision to retire from playing international football.

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.

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.

The end of a career comes to us all, and there is not a lot you can do about that.

Most of the great players leave the game under their terms.

Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come.

I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.

I'm not playing for lack of options. But this is such a fleeting thing. When I'm done, I'm never, ever going to be able to come back to it. I know Vancouver is my last go.

I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment, there is the right time to call it an end.

I know that all good things must come to an end and I've had an incredible ride. I just want to end it on the right note.

I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure.

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.