1.   Cooper is retiring to become a full-time prison evangelist.

2.   Even presidents of universities and heads of unions retired to become homemakers once they married.

3.   For those who marry and begin families, some return to work after a first child, but after the second, they often retire to become full-time mothers.

4.   Kempainen has retired to become a doctor, and his successors, Coogan, Keith Brantly and Jerry Lawson, have not converted potential into achievement.

5.   Ten months ago, Rivera disclosed that he planned to play four more years and then retire to become an evangelical minister.

6.   Two years ago, Kaufman threatened to retire to become a full-time minister.

7.   Baresi retired to become AC Milan vice-president.

8.   Former captain Dragan Stojkovic also has retired to become president of the Yugoslav soccer federation.