Joe Calzaghe Quotes

My original aim after 'The X Factor' was to earn enough money in a year to make the whole experience worth it - you know, buy a car, a flat.

I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

After I met my partner, Mr. Protherow, we decided to start a banking project, and at the same time we started to think already about a business on a bigger scale. At the very beginning we thought more about gaining money, to have a normal life with our families, etc.

A lot of people, most people who are working, they do it for money. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. It so happens that I made a lot of money already, so I don't have to worry that much about it. I wouldn't fault anybody for doing it for the money, but it doesn't interest me right now.

You get the reality checks during the course of your adult life and your career, and you realize that as good as the money in boxing is, most of the time people most don't make Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya money, even if you make very good money.

I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

I never set money as a goal. It was a result.

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man.

Talk to successful entrepreneurs. Learn about what they've experienced so you can avoid some of the pitfalls that come with wealth.

I want to make as much money as I possibly can so that when my day comes, my mother and sister is fine. My close friends are fine. They don't have to worry about anything ever again.

If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and getting that bread.

In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential... it's no different in the financial realm.

I was making so much money I didn't care. I didn't know what to do with the money.

Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.

My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.

I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.

I can tell you that when you're counting every penny, knowing that you are a single bad decision away from bankruptcy, you inevitably lose focus on what really matters for your business.