Regis Philbin Quotes

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.

I love my career. I thought, if I was lucky, I would retire as a senior intelligence officer, still working on the issues of counterproliferation. But that didn't happen, so - new chapter.

I had told my wife that I was thinking of retiring at the end of the year. I was thinking I didn't want to do it anymore, but then I was traded to the Dodgers.

As grateful as I am to have been a part of a show like 'LA Ink,' I'm ready to end this chapter and want to focus on other projects now.

Maybe since I was 35 years old it was time to go upstairs.

The decision to leave a company you founded and move on to a new project is never an easy one.

When I made the decision to stop working regionally and just focus on being in New York, part of the reason that instigated that choice was a desire to work on new plays and know what it was to originate a part.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.

It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.

If a day goes by that I'm not on television, I don't look at it as a lesser day, nor do I look at changing from a news world to a sports world as any sort of step other than a step in a new direction.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

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.

I joined Genesis when I was 19. I've earned the right to actually do nothing. I don't want to be a shadow of what I was, so I've kind of just quite willingly stood back.

If I had it my way, I never would have left San Francisco, but things change and that's the nature of this business. We have to move on. We hopefully get opportunities down the road that we take advantage of.

Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving.

I'm definitely in a place where I'm looking for different than what I've done in the past, just so I can go to work and do something I haven't done before.

I'm not even thinking about going back to play football at all. My mind's made up. I'm done.

A lot of people want to know why did I leave the BBC: did I have an argument with them? No! I had 13 wonderful years. But it was time. Since I left university, I'd only ever worked for the BBC. It was simply time.

All my life, all I've wanted to do was a talk show, and I've done it for most of my life. Now to break away from that is kind of a challenge.

I had four great years at Palace but just felt it was the right time to start a new chapter of my career.

I performed in 4Minute for seven years, and, now, it is time for us to pursue our own goals.

I felt within myself that I needed to change what I was doing. I needed a new stimuli. So the interest from Manchester United was a perfect fit.

When I signed with Bellator, I knew this would be a new positive chapter in my career.

I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.