Jay-Z Quotes

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.'

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

It's staggering how many players, even with the sums of money they make, don't do a great job of saving it.

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

Anything that gets people to think harder about their financial security and take some responsibility is a good thing.

When you grow up in life and you're poor, and because you're an athlete or you got rich overnight in music, unless you have access to financial advice or for the transition or matriculation of that process, then of course, you're going to go broke.

I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on up to the editor would ask me what they should do with their money.

I don’t know anything about money.

That's why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.

When you're dealing with a big amount of money, you should have your own accountant and your own lawyer.

When you first come in the NBA, you have a lot of conversations about saving your money, financially educating yourself, not just trusting whoever it is handling your money, not just having those meetings once a year, and not really putting the effort into learning the same way you learn your craft on the court.

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

Personally, I had made a good amount of dough for a 30-year-old guy, but I didn't know a thing about money. I'm not a dumb guy, but I couldn't figure them out.

I must know every aspect of my personal finances. Managing your money will help you make your money work for you.

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

Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes.

Youth should be a savings bank.

My business life is really simple. It's like, get check. Put check in bank. Pay rent. I've never bought a stock in my life. I never got caught up in that trip. And the truth is, I don't obsess about money ever.

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.

I understand that finance can be very complex.

Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

We all need to save money to send our kids to college, to buy our first house, and to retire. But the truth is that most of us don't save very much.

I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.