Last Hurrah Quotes

Some fighters know when to stop on their own and go on to something else, and then some fighters have nothing to go back to after they are finished. Some fighters still have the burning fire and feel that they just need to try one more time. Few can do it.

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 wanted to finish at the top of the game and on my own terms. I thought it was the perfect time at the World Cup and to go out at Chelsea. Chelsea and England were immense in how they have supported me in that transition.

At the point we finished 'Abbey Road,' the game was up. We all accepted that.

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

I will not go to Oklahoma and retire my jersey there.

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

I'm moving on in years, but I tell you I still want to kick the devil before I kick the bucket.

I directed the next-to-last episode of 'Parenthood.' I wrote three of the four last episodes. I had the cast to my house. Had a champagne toast with the writers. Had a huge cast and crew party. Drank eggnog in the camera truck after we wrapped the final day. All that, and I don't really feel like I've said good-bye to 'Parenthood.'

I think I've got one more series in me, and I don't care what it is.

People were saying John Elway should retire until he won the Super Bowl.

A lot of times late in your career, you don't have a chance to win a championship.

This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.

I want to end my career in Kansas City. I want to play there. I love the city, I love the vibe; I love my teammates.

I don't ever want to be carried off the court.

Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.

I remember being a teenager and watching 40-year-old Michael Jordan compete in his final All-Star game.

You can't be new for too long. You want to just respectfully disappear. It's a bit sad sometimes. Michael Jordan retired like a god, and then he came back... We don't want to go out like that.

It's terrible to consider never playing another Test again but what's more terrifying is the thought of never playing again at all.

The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something.

This is your last campaign.

I will not play a farewell game with the national team. I would like to thank the federation for expressing an interest. But I prefer to leave football with an official match because I am not a fan of farewell games.

I have said goodbye to international cricket.

I know it's near the end and when it's over I want to be able to say to myself - not anyone else - that I've given it everything. At least in the last part of my career.

Retiring is getting ready to die.