Nolan Ryan Retires as Texas Rangers CEO, Watch His Announcement Here (VIDEO)

Nolan Ryan has decided that it is time to move on as CEO of the Texas Rangers. 

The Hall of Famer helped put the Rangers back at the top of the league with three straight trips to the Playoffs and two World Series appearances. 

Ryan is 66-years-old and said he would need to wait and give it some time before deciding his next steps. You can watch his announcement from HERE. 

"This closes a chapter of my life in baseball and I feel like that it's time for me to move onto other things," Ryan said. "It has been a decision that's weighed on me heavily but I feel like it's the right decision. When you make these types of decisions, you have to do it from the heart. I really feel like at this point in time it's the correct thing for me to do."

It is unsure if he is retiring for good, but for now just wants to spend time with his family. 

"You don't just wake up one day and make a decision of this magnitude," Ryan said. "It was something I had been thinking about off and on for a while now. I just felt like it was probably time for me to move on. It just felt like that's what I really needed to do."