I am very much inspired by the great masters of entertainment: Bob Hope, George Burns, Jimmy Durante - who never thought about retiring. When people ask me if I plan to retire, I say, "Retire to what? I am doing what I love best right now!"
Retirement is a very subjective thing. There are guys I know who retire and they're very happy and they never miss work at all. I can't see myself retiring and fondling a dog every day. I like to get up and work and go out. I have too much energy or too much nervous anxiety or something. So I don't see myself retiring. Maybe I will suddenly get a stroke or a heart attack and I will be forced to retire, but if my health holds out I don't expect to retire.
I remember when I was retiring I said to my kids 'I promise you I'll never put on weight' because people always think footballers retire and eat and drink and put on loads of weight.
I don't really think about retiring. I will retire just before people start saying, 'I knew Leonard Slatkin when he conducted well.'
I don't really think about retiring. I will retire just before people start saying, 'I knew Leonard Slatkin when he conducted well.
I'm not retiring, because when you retire, you're still getting paid. I'm not getting paid, so I'm not retiring.
I’ll never retire as long as I live—that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re in good health, living is exciting on its own.
Retiring from writing is not to retire from life, but retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product, in almost every case.
It's extremely uncommon in sports to retire and have a show about you within eight months of retiring.
I'm just happy as a lark having a good health. People say are you thinking about retiring, I don't have time to think about retiring.
Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.
I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
I wouldn't know what to do retiring. So I have no plans to retire.