David Heyman Quotes

I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor.

Let's be honest: the trappings of investment banking are quite tempting. I do miss it sometimes. And to be honest, there was a time I'd read the 'WSJ' in the morning, and for years I have done that.

I was working as a stockbroker in New York and had the seemingly perfect life.

I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I had an Ivy League degree. So I put that Dartmouth degree to good use and got a job on Wall Street. I hated it but used the time to make connections and become financially literate.

Bankers are doing God’s Work!

When you hear of somebody named Goldberg, you think of a guy sitting behind a desk investing your money.

At 40 years of age, when you realize your bank balance will not see you through the years ahead, then my acting talent comes handy.

My dad works for Merrill Lynch so I'm in good hands there.

A good financial planner is going to do more than pick your funds.

Saving for the future shouldn't be a privilege for the wealthy.

I've made some investments during my career that I'm happy with, so my life, talking financially, is definitely OK.

I'm not saying I'm wealthy. The best thing that ever happened to me in that context was turning everything over to Rita. And the business people. I am on a leash. That's not the end of the world.

I am really good at saving my money... I want, like, 100 kids, so I'm going to have to save a lot of money for that.

I actually had a number of different careers. I worked on Wall Street; I was a Master's in Business. I left that to work in the public sector.

I have someone who invests my money in a safe way so it continues to grow.

I am a very positive person, but you don't get taught how to deal with the end of your career. Never.

I've made a lot of money, and more importantly, I've saved a lot of money.

I used to, in the summertime, spend so much money doing a lot of fun stuff. Now, I'm actually consciously trying to save so we can live how we want to live after basketball. I've even sold a few things.

You want to make sure you're aware of who's dealing with your money, what it's doing, and how you can save.

I'm rapping, I'm hooping, I'm on a max-contract, I got a big shoe deal. Everything is good now. So of course, the support is going to be there, the love is going to be there, but what's going to happen when it changes or when I'm on the back-end of my career or when I ain't on TV all the time?

People go on about how much players earn in the Premier League but once you've bought a nice house and car, what else is there to spend it on?

I don't spend my life making money to spend tomorrow, or to acquire possessions.

When I started going to business school, I started getting calls from my peers asking for my help. I thought, 'Well, there are a lot of people like me who make a bunch of money and just get so scared of it and don't know what to do with it.' I just didn't want to be 60 years old and broke.

I've been on the telly for a long while. I've never saved any money or anything. I'm not one of those people.

Since I entered the league, half of my checks have always gone into a separate account... I pride myself on doing that. I've done it no matter the size of my contract or salary.