Antony Johnston Quotes

I went to work when I was a young fellow and I loved what I did. And I just kept working. And when I decided that maybe the time had come for me to quit, I got depressed. What could I do if I didn't work?

I joined the police force with one motivation in mind: to become a high school PE teacher. After a year of working, I realized that a) I was making twice as much money as I would in the teaching profession, and b) I was having too much fun. I stuck it out for 32 years and no regrets.

It's an achievement I can be happy about - if you call getting old and still being in a job an achievement.

I don't know if I want to be 65 or 67, still broadcasting games. But, why not? What else are you going to do?

Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.

When you are 28, 29 years old... you are aware that this is going to be your last big contract of your career. You have to make up your mind: What is it that I want? Do I want to find something new, a new culture, a new league, a new language, new teammates, a new city? And what is it that I need to be happy? What is it that I need to perform?

I want to work and continue to work - that's all I've ever done.

Even though a lot of people keep trying to get me to retire, I won't.

I have always promised myself and my wife that when I don't enjoy it anymore, or I can't handle the stress and the pressure that comes with having such a high-profile and top job - or my energy levels starts to fail me, or my enthusiasm starts to be dented - I won't prolong my career longer than I feel I should.

Yes, I go a little bit crazy when I'm not working, which is an issue for me. My background is you go to work; that's what you do.

I'm thankful that I was able to have a long, healthy career for the most part.

There'll be some opportunities for other things post-playing, but it's like, 'Man, I don't want to give this gig up.'

When you wrestle for 15 years, you don't want to go back to driving that forklift.

I'd never worked for anyone else until I got to the NFL, and this will be my last time working for someone else.

I was enjoying life at West Ham; I really was. I wanted to do the whole five years there, become a favourite with the fans, and end my career there.

When you get older you do one film at a time.

I could very well see myself ending my professional career at Kaiserslautern.

I wanted to retire on my own terms. I wanted to leave before they kicked me out.

When employees feel anonymous in the eyes of their managers, they simply cannot love their work, no matter how much money they make or how wonderful their jobs seem to be.

I'll continue working as long as people want to hire me.

While I'm hale and hearty, I've no thought in my mind to retire.

I got a lot of great years on WWE TV and I made a lot of money throughout the business. So, if I don't do anything else, I'm good. I can kind of do what I want to, which is a very nice feeling to have.

I'm going to quit when I feel like I'm not having fun anymore or I'm not competitive.

I've made a lot of money, I'm happy where I'm at. I've got a good family - I don't really need to play football.

Work is really wrapped up with identity. Work is not just money for most people.