Is it truly the case? 2015 is not that far away, and from a personal account she was happy to be there and proud to have her image used in a research community.

Is it truly the case? 2015 is not that far away, and from a personal account she was happy to be there and proud to have her image used in a research community. When you read your article, it seems the _journalist_ tried to extract a saying from her. So she says something quite vague instead, mentioning "time to retire" again... because it's what is going to happen because of "time changes.