A Quote by Mickey Rooney

Dont retire - inspire...Theres a lot to be done — © Mickey Rooney
Dont retire - inspire...Theres a lot to be done
A lot of my friends inspire my style, and they dont even know it.
I always say, 'Don't retire - inspire.'
I dont hate it he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark; I dont. I dont! I dont hate it! I dont hate it!
I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I dont just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I dont hear it then I cant feed myself.
A lot of people want to retire; I couldn't. You don't retire in our business. What, play golf and watch television? Oh, please.
What I'm really looking to do is retire undefeated; I'm not sure when the right time to retire will be, but I know that I'm not done yet. Something still feels unfinished, and that's why I'm going to keep going.
I dont need an award to inspire me to keep making music.
I put a lot of emphasis on childrens issues. Children are many times ignored because they dont vote, and they dont have lobby groups.
People say, 'Oh, so you should retire.' Yeah, you want me to retire so you won't get knocked out. I won't retire.
My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it.
Retire? Retire from What? Life? I will only retire when I am dead!
I dont play golf or tennis, I dont ski, I dont snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.
I dont think I could compare myself to Macaulay Culkin, because were pretty much two different kinds of actors. Hes done a lot of comedy. He does mostly just comedy like Uncle Buck and Home Alone and Home Alone 2. And Ive done a lot of different stuff, like sad movies, like the movie about the kid with AIDS.
When I'm done, whenever I feel like I'm done, I'm going to come back and retire as a Niner.
I have done a lot of things off the field but I feel like in my heart I dont really have to publicize what I do for people because it is from my heart.
I keep going because if you stop, you stop. Why retire? Inspire.
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