Mr. Williams, like many retired athletes, remains awed at the level of interest in him.

I want my dead and retired athletes back.

Unlike many retired athletes, he does not disdain exercise.

As a retired athlete, Oerter became an abstract painter.

Mr. Mays was the first in a series of retired professional athletes to accept such posts, playing golf and socializing with players.

But even as a retired athlete, Jackson might be attractive to some advertisers who want to reach children.

A former sportsman who was convicted of rape in the 1960s, Kvantrishvili set up an organisation for retired athletes.

The company's network includes active and retired athletes from 10 US cities.

It is not uncommon for retired athletes to become sports broadcasters when they retire.

A month short of 50, he has white hair, but he declines to dye it, as so many retired athletes do.