Sports Retirement Quotes

#1. Everything belonging to a loved one is precious.

Beaumarchais

#2. According to Sports Illustrated, an amazing 78 percent of NFL players find themselves bankrupt or financially stressed within two years of retirement. And 60 percent of NBA players are broke within five years of walking off the court.

Andy Stanley

#3. Maybe we tried to leave as much memories of ourselves with each other because we knew one day we wouldn't be together any more.

Makoto Shinkai

#4. Years of concentration solely on work and individual success meant that in his retirement [Lyndon Johnson] could find no solace in family, in recreation, in sports or in hobbies. It was almost as if the hole in his heart was so large that even the love of a family, without work, could not fill it.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

#5. They come here wanting to be loved, and the boys on the stage receive them from the poem - STAY in the Book - RidingTheEscalator

Jay Woodman

#6. Our opinions agree as to the evil, moral, political, and economical, of slavery.

James Madison

#7. I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I'm really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians.

Robert Redford

#8. Love can die. It can be killed, no matter how alive it was, it's not invulnerable. Mine's dead. It's dead and it's buried. I just want one thing more, and that's the chance to look him in the face and tell him he's nothing. If I can do that one thing, it'll be enough.

J.D. Robb

#9. I won't lie and say it's been easy, but nothing worth having ever is, right?

Aimee Carter

#10. Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

Michael N. Castle

#11. Kind are her answers, But her performance keeps no day; Breaks time, as dancers. From their own Music when they stray.

Thomas Campion

#12. A budget matters to Americans who can't afford to see their taxes go up or lose the jobs that would be destroyed in the process.

Susan Brooks

#13. Let the beauty we love do what we do.

Rumi