Gerry Cooney Quotes

Time is key to building your financial security.

You have got to be the masters of your own financial future.

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions.

The best advice that I can offer is that being proactive and a careful planner is key. Think about the major things that could shake up your financial life, and I'll bet there are some great ways to protect yourself.

Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.

You have no control over the market. You can't predict where it will go, and you can't bring it back from the depths. What you can do is save more. Make sure you have cash on hand - an emergency fund of at least six months of expenses.

Each time you go to the grocery store with your kids, it is a potential learning opportunity. In order not to overemphasize materialism, focus on other things to do with money. In 'Beyond the Lemonade Stand,' I try to emphasize the importance of saving money, and of using it to help other people.

Young children need to develop good habits that will be useful to them the rest of their lives. It is important to keep the lessons age-appropriate. For example, when your children start earning allowances, that would be a good time to teach them how to put some money in the bank instead of spending it all.

In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.

It's not surprising so many people end up with credit-card debts. Saving for your retirement and buying a house are difficult things, and we don't educate people about them at all.

I should have known growing up and not having any money ever that I should have kept every dollar that I had.

Now more than ever is the time to really work on learning a money management system that can work, no matter how low things seem right now.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

Studies indicate that most of young adults struggle to grasp even the most basic financial principles that will allow them to manage money and prepare for their future.

Financial literacy is just as important in life as the other basics.

A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.

I don't think I've ever made any good financial decisions.

Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.

I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.

My opinion is just be very careful when you're young and making the money.

High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and economic education during all stages of one's life.

I don't really think about my future. I don't really worry about anything. I just try not to spend all my money.

I've always been sensible with my money. I can't say I'm a business genius.

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'

I was always the frugal kid growing up because I was saving for college. Or I was always that kid that was like, 'I'm going to save my babysitting money so I can eat an expensive dinner when I go to Europe.'