Stephen A. Smith Quotes

One of the ways I think you make more money is by creating more efficiency.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure.

I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.

Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in.

If you've got aspirations to be a manager or coach, obviously coaching your country would be a great honour.

I never think career.

I had a career. His name was Ike.

The only way I'd have gone was if it would better my career, I would not have gone just for the money. The point was to go to a club that could win trophies.

Business people do two things with their time fundamentally. The first is that they try to create sales, right? Revenue, key to business. But the other thing they devote their time to equally is cost containment. That is to say, how to not create jobs. Because the fewer jobs you can create for the revenue you create, the more profit you make.

The most efficient labor-saving device is still money.

The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.

If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.

For me, at least, all of my career goals, all of my focus, everything just shifted and the importance was my children, and that's where all the joy came from as well.

I have to put my career first.

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable.

Our entire team is focused on managing this company for value - fixing or eliminating those operations that lessen value and expanding or adding those that enhance value.

The business has been good to me.

Everyone needs an opportunity in life. I was given an opportunity as a manager, and you try and take it.

The people at Utrecht know that I'm always looking to improve myself and that I want to get the maximum out of my career.

Earlier in my career, a lot of guys wanted individual numbers and to do well individually.

I'll do something that brings me a check.