Joseph Benavidez Quotes

Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

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

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

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.

I believe in career cycles and when one is close to ending you start to plan things. It's the moment for a change.

I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen.

Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.

After more than 23 years working on a wide range of Microsoft products, I have decided to leave the company to seek new opportunities that build on these experiences.

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.

I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.

My government career is over.

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

After 'Raymond,' there was this big feeling of, 'What do I do next?'

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.

I left 'Saturday Night Live' without a film to go to, and I'd filmed 'Old School' while I was in my last season of the show, and that hadn't come out yet. I was a free agent, in a way, but I knew it was time to leave the show and test the water.

When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I'm having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do.

I realised I had spent the majority of my adult life doing two characters - Maude from 1972-'79 and Dorothy from 1985-'92 - and I really didn't know what I wanted to do after 'Golden Girls.' I knew what I didn't want to do - any more sitcoms, or wait for the next great role that might never come.

For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was busy doing other things in life, particularly with politics. I was not out looking for films, really. I lost interest.

I felt that by the late '90s, I'd gone as far as I could with the keyboard.

Some players have ambitions, and therefore, they leave and want to experience something new, you know.

All I can tell everybody is, I'm the same guy, just on a different team.

Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.

I do not think my career is over after being at Real Madrid.

I'm sure my life after basketball is, hopefully, going to be even better.