Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman. ”

Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life. ”

When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them. ”

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss. ”

At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end. ”

If I'm not getting older and more mature at 31, then something's wrong. ”

I couldn't have accomplished the things in my career if I didn't practice, and the worst part about that whole thing is when a kid comes up to me and says 'Allen, I don't like practice, either.' I've got to straighten that kid right then. ”

As far as how I expressed 'practice, practice, practice' over and over again, I wouldn't take that back because, obviously, that sound bite is great for the media and for the fans, because they love it. ”

I'm a Hall of Famer, and I can go outside today and go to a restaurant or wherever, and somebody will come up to me and say, 'Practice? We talkin' 'bout practice?' Man, I am a Hall of Famer, and that's all you can think about? ”

It was a great experience for me - the ups and downs - because I became a man in Philadelphia. ”