Caroline Wozniacki Quotes

I want to extend my career for as long as I can.

When it comes up with my age, I'm like, let's just end the conversation there. That's irrelevant to me. I'll pitch until I'm 40.

I knew my successor would be better than me for the next stage of the company's life. And it was a relief - I'd been doing it for 30 years. My only worry was what the hell I was going to do with my time.

When I was 34, people would say, What's going to happen to you when you're 40? What are you going to do? You don't have much time left. And I was like, what are you talking about?

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

I don't really think about retiring. I will retire just before people start saying, 'I knew Leonard Slatkin when he conducted well.'

When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies, so I'd prefer to take my time.

You know, life is long. My shooting career is long.

There will come a time when the public will tire of me and let me know it. That's when I retire. But so far, I've continued to grow. I keep pushing myself to improve.

It's all about trying to be very careful about what your next role or what your next move is gonna be. It's all about trying to have longevity in this business and make smart choices.

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.

I'm conscious that there's only a limited amount that I'll get done before I get shuffled into retirement, but I certainly have no desire to retire.

Over the course of 20 years that I've been at NBC, I have never seen the amount of money I make reported correctly by the media.

I've always said I'm gonna work the road as hard as I can 'til I'm 50, then I might slow down a little bit.

You don't want to have a fast career for two years. You want to have an amazing career for 20 years.

There is always scrutiny and pressure from the media. I am always told that I have to win.

As a tennis player, or any professional athlete, our career has a shelf life. I don't want to waste any opportunities, I don't want to look back on it when I'm 45 and think I could have done a lot more.

My professional career only began at 21, really.

That retirement plan I had, getting out by 32, may still be the case even though at the minute it's in the back of my mind. It's important to get out at the right time.

I don't want to be one of those players towards the end - nothing against those guys who've done it like that in the past - but I want to make sure that I'm at the top of my game when I do go out.

I think it's important to be thinking about your personal life and your family not just when you've retired but also during your career.

It's hard work if you want a proper and a lasting career.

I'm not losing no time soon, or ever, till I retire.

I'm 28, your career is a long time. We're not tennis players or football players. I'm just about reaching what should be my peak year.

I've always said that I won't be a Barcelona player for 20 years with a secondary role. The moment that I feel my ambition is fading or that I am not able to deliver physically, I will step aside and leave feeling privileged and content of what I gave to the club.