Julius Peppers Quotes

I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off.

Being retired is one thing, but staying retired is another. Even when I announced my retirement, I'm sure people thought I was going to come back.

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.

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

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.

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 need to retire from retirement.

I have seen countless colleagues struggle to come to terms with retirement. I learned a lot from Richard Dunwoody when he was riding, and I completely understand why he took off and undertook what most people consider mad challenges.

If you say you plan to retire in two or three years, you've already retired.

Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.

It's not easy to retire. No one teaches you how. I found that out when I tried it the first time. I'm not a quitter.

The decision to retire was very easy. The timing had come to the point where it was very clear that my time was up.

If, and when, I do eventually decide to retire, the announcement will be made by myself. I feel that I have earned the right to do it myself.

I wish I hadn't said I'm going to retire.

Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial.

The thing you want to be able to do is to be well-liked when you retire. I know right now I'm not close to retiring, and I'm not close to being liked.

God knows when I'm going to retire. I think I'm going to be bored.

I don't know why people thought I was retiring.

Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether.

I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.

For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.

When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected.

I've been talking about retiring for years. It's my standard answer to the question, 'What are your future plans?' The truth is, I'll always want to do things that are worthwhile or fun.