Aretha Franklin Quotes

'Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

Retire? Never! We are far too busy!

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

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 will never retire.

To retire is to die.

Do I wish I could retire? Sure, but that's not life.

If I hear the word 'retire,' it makes me want to throw up. And then do what? Sit around all day watching television?

I never think about retiring - because you retire, you die.

Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.

I will never retire unless I have to.

Retirement is fatal. Luckily, in my profession, you don't have to retire.

I never retired.

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

A lot of people want to retire; I couldn't. You don't retire in our business. What, play golf and watch television? Oh, please.

I want to retire how I want to retire - and I have a great opportunity to do that.

I really don't believe in retiring as long as you can breathe.

I'll never retire.

I don't know exactly what are you supposed to do when you retire. Lie on the couch and do nothing? I didn't want to do that.

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 question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

Remember, what does 'retirement' mean? It doesn't mean that you're a couch potato. Leisure is not the same thing as rest. If you're bicycling five miles a day, that's leisure, but it certainly takes a lot of effort.

I don't want to retire. I still want to play.

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