What made you decide to stop something you were known for, and how did you know it was time?
Recorded Henry R. Kravis said elsewhere, not written here
So, it was hard to fathom letting go. Age was part of the reason. We were both 77 at that time.

KKR, 2024 source ↗

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Dan Carter New Zealand international rugby union fly-half, 2003–2015
But I'm ready for what's next after rugby. Being able to not just say that, but to truly feel it, is a privilege. Ultimately, getting to leave your sport on your own terms is all you can really hope for as an athlete.
Recorded Retirement letter, The Players' Tribune, 20 February 2021 source ↗
Serena Williams United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn't feel like a modern word to me. I've been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people. Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.
Recorded First-person essay, Vogue September 2022 issue, 9 August 2022 source ↗
Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
Well, I ran out of gas. You know, I got to be what, 93 at that time, or something like that. And it just – same reason I gave up teaching. I teach – I was – I taught every year from when I was 21 till 88 or 89, and there just came a period when your body said different things to you, and you should turn it over to somebody, just like I did at Berkshire.
Recorded Becky Quick, CNBC “Squawk Box”, recorded in Omaha; CNBC's own transcript of its own broadcast, 31 March 2026 source ↗
Sir Roger Bannister Middle-distance runner and neurologist; first man to run a mile in under four minutes
No, because I was set for it. My core, my whole life was medicine. I wanted to become a specialist. So for ten years I concentrated solely on medicine. It took ten years to become a consultant in neurology.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 7 June 2002 source ↗

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