Career-ending Quotes

I'm leaving the game of hockey with nothing but great memories.

I made it to the NFL and I had an injury, a really bad injury, actually, where I was out for 18 months in football. And the doctor said it was career-ending.

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

If I'm going to end my career, I want to end my career at the top.

Chris Boardman was my first teammate and my first roommate. I saw him finish his career with an hour record and thought, 'Yeh, what a way to go out!'

I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.

If the fighter doesn't want to fight, you're not gonna want him to fight. If the fighter doesn't want to fight, the promoter doesn't make him fight. And if he wants to retire, then it's time to walk away.

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

Bill Goldberg kicked me in the head and ended my career because he didn't know what he was doing.

I've had a lot of good nights, and ideally, I don't want to be remembered for a bad night.

Financially speaking, I haven't ended my career in the best shape, and there are debts, as well as what is to come by way of a divorce settlement to Mandy.

Every player, when you get released, you feel like you still have a lot to offer. And that team is telling you, 'No, you don't have a lot to offer, so we're moving on.'

In combat sports, you should retire on top. That is very hard to do. I'm glad I had the discipline to do it.

I felt Brighton was a perfect ending to a really interesting career.

The sudden ending of a White House career all seems so unceremonious for aides who have personally sacrificed a lot - and sometimes even bent their conscience - to do the president's bidding.

Once you start altering your body's blueprint, things start falling apart. Some players take steroids, and two years later, after they've broken records, suddenly they have back problems, shoulder problems, arm problems. They're out of the game for good.

I don't want to go on forever and leaving the sport is the hardest decision.

I wanted to end my career as a pro coach and if possible, in Florida.

Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

I couldn't have left my career as an actor on a better note than to have done a cameo in the Lost In Space movie. Doing this part is the highlight of my career. What a way to leave the profession!

He's (Bruce Sutter) going to be out of action the rest of his career.

Juve are my side. I think and I hope to close my career here.

After more than 50 years of broadcasting on 'CBS News' and '60 Minutes,' I have decided to retire. It's been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air.

For every 100 times you can nail a big move, it's that 101st time where you over-rotate and it can end your career.

If you get operated, something can go wrong and you can just say bye-bye to tennis. That's what happened to a lot of soccer players in Europe. They get operated, some things, it's not the mistake of the doctor. It's just some surgeries, they just don't go the right way...My injury will never go away. It's already become so chronic there's no chance to fix it so I can play without pain.