Sete Gibernau Quotes

I am a very positive person, but you don't get taught how to deal with the end of your career. Never.

I never use that word, retire.

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

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

I'm a little young for retirement.

There's no reason why I should retire.

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment, there is the right time to call it an end.

We shouldn't be put out to pasture just because we've reached somebody's idea of retirement, which was certainly happening in Australia, and I think elsewhere as well.

I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure.

From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.

Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.

A lot of my friends were retiring from the newspaper business, and the newspaper pensions are not enormous.

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

I am going to retire, and it is going to be a permanent retirement.

People ask me if I am thinking of retiring. Well, it doesn't occur to me. Different day, different challenge, different way. Lovely jubbly.

I'm done. I'm retiring. I'm getting out of the MMA world.

I never one time mentioned anything to any coach about retirement or joining the CIA or anything like that.

I have no idea when it's going to be, when I'll retire.

After much deliberation I have made the decision to retire from playing international football.

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.

There comes a time in any proud sportsman's career when you have to make the difficult decision to stop.

When I retire, I want to retire the right way.

Like people say, it's very hard for a good professional to retire.