- Nov 07, 2020
Money Quotes
On earning, spending and money's honest reality.
These quotes take a candid look at money: the shifting economics behind building a winning team, the blunt math of a manager's career, and the mixed blessing of money attracting the wrong kind of attention. For more, see our Status quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me!
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care if people know who I am or if I make a ton of money, I just love my work so much.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got two children, and if my voice is still out there, I want the money to go to them when I die.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I get an iTunes check, I take the money out and say, 'OK, with this money I'mma go shoot me this many videos, with this money I'm going to do this amount of studio sessions.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think that a label is going to get you to the top, and of course they're going to get you to the top. That's what they're good for. They're giving you this money but you have to pay all that back.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want everything that I've worked for to go into my pocket. I want all my money to come to me. I'm very much hands-on with my career, and I like to do what I want in the studio - I don't like being told, 'do it this way' or 'do it that way.'
- General Manager
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been able to do what I love and what I'm passionate about my entire life. I made, you know, an insane amount of money playing baseball.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always loved math in high school and I thought that I would be an accountant. But I also thought I would be better at counting money in the NFL.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from some humble beginnings, and I just believed that when people pay their money, hard-earned money, that they deserve a certain level of performance.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020