Alex Zanardi Quotes

You know what is a nice thought? Retirement.

There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit... Retire!

If I were young, fast, healthy, and had a lot of money and my whole sex life ahead of me, I'd retire - like Secretariat.

Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!

Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.

If you're going to retire, retire early.

I was honestly contemplating retirement. A lot of people don't know that, but I was done.

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

Retire? Retire from What? Life? I will only retire when I am dead!

The thing you want to be able to do is to be well-liked when you retire. I know right now I'm not close to retiring, and I'm not close to being liked.

I think 'retirement' goes hand in hand with people who make a living by having a 'job.' I don't think we-the .00001 percent of the population who are so fortunate to love passionately what we do-consider it a 'job.

I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.

I don't know why people thought I was retiring.

By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.

When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.

I'm definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working - if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardinia or northern Italy.

The only thing I ever wanted to do is never have to work a day in my life.

I have two main reasons for retiring. The first is I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past. That has been very, very frustrating to me throughout this past year. The second one is realizing my health, along with my family, is the most important thing in the world.

One of the reasons for retiring from public life was to avoid further speechmaking.

All my friends were retiring, and it got to the point where I was like, 'Hey, how come I'm not retiring?'

There's no point in retiring because there's no fun in retiring.

I haven't quite got the hang of this retirement thing.

I've spoken to people who have retired once they lost the enjoyment of a long day in the field or going to the gym. If I lose that, it's time to go.

I retired at 35 in '98 and thought, 'There's only one place to go, and that's downward.' I retired at a good level. I was at peace after 15 years - I was lucky to play that long.