Kenny Cunningham Quotes

I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me.

Whether I retire tomorrow or in 20 years, I just want to get as much out as I can. But with that, I have an understanding that basketball's not forever.

The thing that forced me to think about my retirement was that I had played my cricket with honour and distinction, and I did not want to put myself in a position where I was considered a liability or unwanted by the selectors.

By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.

I don't want to rush into retirement and regret it, because people say play as long as possible until the legs can't take any more.

When I finally quit for the second time in the summer of 2013, I had accepted that this really was the end, and, having got over that, the move into retirement was a lot easier.

I retired at 35 in '98 and thought, 'There's only one place to go, and that's downward.' I retired at a good level. I was at peace after 15 years - I was lucky to play that long.

I've always looked at my career as an athlete would look at his. I won't play forever. Some don't know when to walk away, but the smart ones do.

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.

I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.

I think the notion of retirement is just a dreadful, dreadful idea and I hope I never have to do that.

I've said many times in the past that my career's not going to go on much longer; I'm not going to keep going and riding until I'm in my 30s and things like this.

I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City.

I'm one of those people who, as long as I am still healthy and my thoughts are more or less clear, I don't think I can retire entirely.

I'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house.

I will never retire unless I have to.

Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!

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

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

We have some control over when we retire. However, we have very little control over how long we will live.

If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.

I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.

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

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.