I Don't REALLY Think About RETIRING. I Will Retire Just Before People Start SAYING, 'I Knew Leonard Slatkin When He Conducted Well.'

People Talk About RETIRING. I Never Said That R-word. People THOUGH I Went AWAY After The Olympic Games. I Took TIME Off To Do SOMETHING I've Always Wanted To Be - A Mother.

All My FRIENDS Were Retiring, And It GOT To The POINT Where I Was Like, 'Hey, How COME I'm Not Retiring?'

I LOVE This UNIVERSITY, And Although I Might Be Retiring From The Presidency, My WORK With Ohio State Will CONTINUE.

A Couple YEARS Ago I Was Going To Back Off And Actually Thought About Retiring, But It Keeps Calling Me Back, And I'm Going To Keep Going Back As LONG As It Calls Me. I Really Think It Has Something To Do With The Good VIBES That I Feel I've Spread Through My Performance And Through The Time That I've Spent With FANS.

Most Men Are Far Younger When They Have Their Children And They're BUILDING Their Careers. If They Are Older They Probably Don't Have The Luxury Of RETIRING - And GENERALLY Sixty Something-year-old Men Don't Choose To Have A Child And Spend All Their Time With That Child. So It Was A Very Unique SITUATION.

Introverts Listen Better, They Assess RISKS More CAREFULLY, They Can Be Wiser Managers. It's Not For Nothing That The Silicon Valley Billionaires Are So OFTEN The Retiring Types.

My RETIRING DAYS Are BEHIND Me - They're GOING To Have To THROW Me Out Now.

Today, Medicare Provides Health Insurance To About 40 Million SENIORS And DISABLED INDIVIDUALS Each Year. The NUMBER Is Only Expected To Grow As The BABY Boomers Begin Retiring.