Jake Peavy Quotes

The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.

The first time I retired, only Sir Alex Ferguson and I knew that the last league game of the 2010-11 season against Blackpool was to be my final game at Old Trafford. I was a little bit sad, but I am not one for tears. The end of a career comes to us all, and there is not a lot you can do about that.

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.

My journey as a player is complete.

I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again.

Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come.

I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'

It's been a great run. I've done everything I can do announcing wise.

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.

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

The practice days, the walkthroughs, the bus rides - all those things you can't come back to. When you are getting into Year 15, you think about it. This thing is going to come to an end at some point.

After 114 Test matches, 228 ODIs, and 78 T20 Internationals, it is time for others to take over. I have had my turn, and to be honest, I am tired.

It may be the swansong of my wrestling career, but definitely not the end of Mark Henry!

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.

I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career.

I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I'm saying this will probably be my last tour. That's truly the way I'm looking at it.

I wanted to retire after I played for the Mets. My family said wait one year, that there was no need to rush it. I gave it a year and now it's time to say goodbye.

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.

If somebody actually came to me and said, 'O.K., this is it: write your last 'South Park' episodes,' I'd be like, 'No, no, no.'

We'll see if we ever do another Ministry gig again or not. I'm not saying yes or no yet. All I'm saying is I know there's no new Ministry studio CDs coming ever again. I promise.

I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.

You know, even though I feel that I can still play the game, God has made the answer clear to me. Retirement is now. I have to retire as a Green Bay Packer.

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.