Kevin Harrington Quotes

I have millions of dollars, and I don't know finance. I've had some bad things happen in my career. I've got to educate myself. I sit down with my finance guy once a month and go over everything, line by line.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Until 'Scrubs,' I didn't have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way.

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

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

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.

A financial plan is a way to take all of the money advice you come across and figure out how it applies to your specific financial situation.

I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.

I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few and far between and doesn't consume much time at all.

It is never too early to encourage long-term savings.

I don’t know anything about money.

Do you know how many athletes go broke three years after they stop playing? I want to help them hold on to their money. I mean, I know about budgets.

Finance is not merely about making money. It's about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labor. It's about stewardship and, therefore, about achieving the good society.

At 19 I was lucky enough to start making money from my music career, and when I was in my early twenties I trusted financial experts and advisers to guide me with how I invested money.

I happen to love financial services.

We want to talk to celebrities about the things celebrities don't normally talk about. Like, we'd love to get Kim Kardashian to talk to us about finance. She is a businesswoman, after all.

I have good people around me who guide me, tell me where I should put my money.

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'm not a money guy.

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.