Paul McCartney Quotes

People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.

I think being angry is what keeps me motivated.

When I'm angry, when I've got something to fight for, I'm charged up.

I'm never going to retire. I'll die with my boots on.

I don't think about the end game. I've got lots to occupy my mind. It's the rage that keeps me going.

I will never retire unless I have to.

I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.

I have a feeling I will work for a long, long time. I like it a lot... and I don't know. I just have a feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who go on for ever.

There's nothing I would retire for, so I won't retire.

I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.

Sometimes when I get frustrated and ticked off, there's a little more fire there. It can also get you in trouble if you're not careful, but I think within reason it can help you.

As long as I can compete with the 20-somethings out there... I have a burning passion to do what I do. Financially, I don't need to wrestle anymore. I do it because I enjoy it.

That's one thing that frustrates me is to hear people today say I don't have passion; my heart's not in it. Man, what the hell? You can't go to 38 races in 42 weeks with your heart out of it.

Hustle like you broke and keep that passion.

I'm passionate, I'm driven at my job and I also am compassionate with people. We all think we can save somebody that we love.

When you have your passion, you never even think about other things. It's tunnel vision. You go until you get it.

I never wanna have a time where I'm on the big lawn just sitting back smoking cigars and drinking lemonade. I wanna work forever. Until I die. I wanna die on the way to a show.

I think [Anderson Cooper ] and me both enjoy working, and don't consider it "work," so as long as I'm having fun I will continue at this pace.

Some things, it was better not to think about. It just made you mad and angry.

Well,” she said. “I’m frustrated.” “Don’t make me angry-kiss you.” “Give me the laundry.” “Tempers rising, faces flushed … This is how it happens.

Unless you've a lot of passion about this, you're not gonna survive. You're gonna give it up. So you've got to have an idea or a wrong that you want to right that you're passionate about, otherwise you're not gonna have the perseverance to stick it through. I think it's half the battle right there.

I'm conservative with my money. I'm the one who's got a family and I can't be playing basketball forever, so when I retire, I want to live on what I've made.

The part that sickens me about boxing is guys fight their whole careers and they have nothing to show for it. That's not going to be my testimony. When it's time to get out of the game, I want to be able to walk away. I'm not going to jeopardize my health. I will have no problems walking away.

To win, you have to lose, and then get pissed off.

I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make a writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail.