Retirement Quotes

“Loss of memory is the great reward of retirement.”

“I'm a winemaker now. It's a lot less painful than being a quarterback.”

“I am through with pictures and hope to be happy in retirement.”

“Pensions are a promise, and a promise must be kept.”

“I quit driving, I didn't quit racing.”

“Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive, he should be working.”

“I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.”

“I am not a shy man. I am a retired man.”

“The day I stop enjoying it, I will stop.”

“I've retired several times. Now I'm through with it. There's a difference.”

“There doesn't seem to be anything else for an ex-president to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins.”

“Retirement is the worst thing that can happen to a person. It's like a pre-death sentence.”

“I wanted to finish my career on a high note.”

“Retirement is not a word I like, because I don't think I'm retiring. I'm just stopping.”

“I've run out of gas.”

“I've been retired 34 years. I don't miss the game. I don't miss the fame. The one thing I miss is the camaraderie of the team.”

“Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”

“I retired not because I was tired of football, but I was tired of the business of football.”

“Every day I was training, but I felt my passion for the game was slowly fading.”

“The best way to prepare for retirement is to save early and often.”