Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

I've definitely had the long stretches of time in my personal life where I've felt an intense loneliness and a desperation to feel something real and to have something that truly meant something in my life. ”

I don't need to have a retirement, retire your jersey, all that stuff to solidify my career. ”

Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on. ”

That's kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that's hasn't happened. ”

In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life. ”

I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember. ”

But when you lose a family member or something tragic happens, that stays with you forever. You never get over it. Knowing that you have to deal with that for the rest of your life... Football is important, but not as important as you once thought it was. ”

In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football. ”

Everybody is the way they are because of certain events that have happened in their life. Oftentimes you'll meet somebody who seems a certain way, and then you realize, 'Oh, that guy's actually the sweetest man I know. But I wouldn't have known that from the outset because that's hidden.' ”

When those of us in the words-making world use the term 'overregulation,' we are mostly putting a name to a concept we rarely experience consciously. ”