Marvin Hagler Quotes

When you stop being nervous is when you should retire. I'm always a little nervous for anything I do because when complacency sets in, that's when I feel it's time to move on to something else.

My whole career, I've been an underdog, I've been underestimated. Therefore, I've had a chip on my shoulder my entire career. Being drafted in the second round when you think you're supposed to be in the first round, a lottery pick, the chip grows bigger. And you have more to prove.

I know too well how much I am going to miss football after my career for me to put up my own barriers.

I'll know when to retire when I don't want to push myself anymore.

And when I hang up my boots and gloves at the end, I want to tell myself I gave everything to the sport.

When our career is over, when we retire and the basketball stops bouncing, we still have to find something else to do.

All I know is that when you look over at the coaches on the other sideline, and all you see are guys who either coached with you or played for you, then you know it's time to get out.

As a professional player, I consider my career closed, but I don't want to exclude the possibility in the future that I may return, but not as a player.

As a sports person, you are always aware that at some point your career is coming to an end and you have to do something else. I always knew it had to end one day, and I was very determined to make sure I wasn't going to be known as an ex-racing driver.

That's what makes a fighter. I got dropped and I got back up, and I found a way to get the win.

Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.

I think it's going to be the most difficult thing to do, to leave the stage. But if you have no lucidity about it, it's even worse because you don't see the negative side of you still being onstage.

All the people who were needed to be told about my decision were informed. 2021 World Cup would definitely be my swansong. I am looking forward to preparing for the World Cup.

Monday is going to be a very difficult day, I believe, because after all these emotions, you realise that probably you hang up your boots and stop doing something I have been doing for the last 17 or 18 years in a professional way.

When you've been at the top of the sport for so many years, it's your life, and it becomes very difficult just to quit boxing and find something else to be happy.

If you start badly, and the crowd get on your case, there is no way back. But if you start well and your confidence is high all that booing becomes music to your ears.

I have said goodbye to international cricket.

The advantage I have over every other fighter is my mentality.

I thought 2013 was the end of my coaching career.

I learned how much determination I have and that no matter what the score is, anyone can come back.

It's always hard the moment you decide to stop playing. It doesn't matter if you're at a small club or a big club: it's the end of your playing career, so that's always going to be a big moment for any player.

I'm always curious to see how a fighter responds after suffering a first loss. I'm especially curious when that first loss is via knockout.

The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion.

I am preparing myself to leave football. I have always thought that once you get past 30, it is time to reflect on when you should go, and that is what I have done.

Obviously, everyone knows it is hard to hang it up, but I'm definitely going to try and do it the right way and not like how combat athletes have done and hold on too long for every last fleeting moment. I don't want to be one of those people.