Shawn Kemp Quotes

If you haven't gotten a raise in the past couple years for a job well done, it might be time to ask for one.

If you're making money, and you've hit your targets for five years, you don't need to demand a new contract.

You're looking at an actor whose price has just doubled.

And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.

If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.

Are you asking for a raise? Do your research and know your market value. Having an informed sense of your worth, as dictated by the broader marketplace, will give you greater confidence in requesting increased compensation. It's tough to dispute someone who can back up her assertions with facts and a smart, articulate argument.

The only way we protect ourselves, the only way a player gets what he wants is by holding out.

I'm not going to sit here and be stupid. If someone comes and offers me double what I'm on, of course I'm going to sit down and seriously look at it.

The first commitment is raise your salary. One of the ways to raise your salary sometimes is to have short-term profits but there are many other ways.

I've talked to several CEOs - from a recycling company in Indiana, a furniture company in Kentucky, a brewing company in Colorado, and more - who believe paying higher wages is both the right thing to do and part of a successful business model.

Unfortunately, the business side of the game shows its head every once in a while. But I still think there's opportunity and chances that we can have good conversations as far as an extension's concerned.

Salary negotiations shouldn't be limited to just salary. Salary pays your mortgage, but terms build your career.

It's always good to have more promotions, give more fighters work.

It's kind of a weird process being pitched by the company you're already with.

The best thing for workers is work, not unemployment.

I am very happy to have extended my contract with PSG.

We've got to keep the cost of watching football down. If that means players getting the same money for a few years rather than a 25 per cent increase every time, that's fine.

It's important to understand the compensation equation that a CEO and a founder has with his or her employees.

You get drafted, you perform like a Pro Bowler, then they pay you. But there's certain teams in this league, that's not what they're trying to do.

To force a change, sometimes you need to stand up. You know what you're worth - rather than what your employer is paying you.

Even if actors ask for more money, will producers fulfill their demands? They might just show us the door.

I don't want to spend money the club doesn't have; I don't want to hold a player that doesn't want to stay.

I think it's like any other job. If you want an extension as a reporter or a media guy or whatever you want to do, I think you are going to open up your ears to talking about a raise or whatever it might be. I'm in the same position.

If you're a top 10 guy you should pay a top 10 guy or even a top 5 guy what he deserves, whether it's a lightweight or a heavyweight.

I've argued for a long time here... that I think that one of the things that is absolutely killing parity is the individual maximum salary.