Brooks Robinson Quotes

At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.

But I'll tell you this: When I lose my athleticism, it's time to go.

People ask me all the time would I like to still be playing? No. I'm glad I played when I played.

If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.

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

Even when I retired, there was part of me that didn't want to retire. But once you decide it's time to move on then you have to stick with it.

When it's my last year, I'll probably let people know when that last pitch is thrown and say thanks and walk away.

I wanted to finish at the top of the game and on my own terms. I thought it was the perfect time at the World Cup and to go out at Chelsea. Chelsea and England were immense in how they have supported me in that transition.

I wanted to retire after I played for the Mets. My family said wait one year, that there was no need to rush it. I gave it a year and now it's time to say goodbye.

I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint.

I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top.

In terms of filming, yes, it really does feel over now. There's a real sense of freedom now. It's a good time to finish, I think. As much as I'm going to miss it I'm ready to move on and do different things.

I think you always hope you can play forever, but you always realize that time will come... I was fortunate I was able to make a decision, move on and do it comfortably.

We'll see if we ever do another Ministry gig again or not. I'm not saying yes or no yet. All I'm saying is I know there's no new Ministry studio CDs coming ever again. I promise.

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.

I am not a player anymore.

I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.

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 when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

When you are playing, it is so hard to think about what life will be like after football. I understand. When you are playing, and you are young, you think you can play your whole life. You think it will never change. But it will change. You can't play forever. No one can.

Like I said, a 30-year-old hockey player, even when I came to New York when I was 30, I was on the downside of my career, pretty much the end of my career.

If these are the last 34 games of my NBA career, I want them played as tough as I can.

I think it's foolish to think that if you've done something for so long, you can kind of delete it out of your memory bank or delete every emotion attached to it. I knew when I retired what that meant.

I have been a Manchester United fan all my life and fulfilled every dream I've ever had. I am disappointed that my playing days are at an end. However, it comes to us all and it's knowing when that time is and for me that time is now.