Eventually she became professional ballroom dancer until she stopped competing in 2003.

"Fifty-Seventh Street is a great store and will be even better if we stop competing with ourselves."

While she ostensibly stopped competing after the Olympics in 1980, she never actually turned professional.

AT&T has signed up five million local phone customers, but that number is expected to shrink as it stops competing to keep them.

In those years, American speed skaters stopped competing at a younger age because there was no financial future in it.

Rebecca figure-skated but stopped competing when she was 15.

She stopped competing on top level after the 1999 season.

Katie Antolin never made it to the national team and stopped competing for a few years after coming down with chronic back pain.

Taylor abruptly stopped competing in professional athletics after 2004.

Then he stopped competing for 19 months to earn a living.