Retirement Reflection Quotes

What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning.

When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.

When I retire, my CV might have a few holes, things I haven't achieved that I would have felt I needed to do, but I won't know if I did need to do them until I retire.

It probably won't sink in until I've retired from running but I'm a much better athlete than two years ago.

In my last years, I was conscious how I used to play the game when I first broke through. It was absolute chalk and cheese. I probably finished at the right time. There won't be many players like me in the future.

You don't think of these things when you play. When you retire, you look back and see that my Test average outside Asia is 40, and it is 49 overall. If I can change something, I'd like to change that average outside Asia. I tried as hard as I could outside Asia, but I couldn't do that.

Football is full of highs and lows, but when people retire, they often say, 'I wish I'd enjoyed it more.'