12/21/2000
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"It has been an honor to serve."
"You have been so good to me and Hillary and Al and Tipper Gore these last 8 years."
"I want to take a couple months off to rest, consider what my options are, and then try to spend the rest of my life giving back in the public interest."
"You can expect them to build on the progress of the last 8 years."