Lane Kiffin Quotes

I've never worked to make money. I understand we've got to eat and all that, but I never said I want to be a multimillionaire or a billionaire. To me, that's of no significance. I work to have the accomplishment.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

I don't want my life to be about a house and a car.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do.

I'm not really very ambitious. I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

I was a little different. I still say I'm a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.

I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career.

I don't want only a career.

What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you can decide that, and you'll have to decide it over and over and over. But if you think it's a rat race, before you drop out, take a deep breath. Maybe you picked the wrong job. Try again. And then try again.

I never wanted to take a job because I needed money, and I never have.

A lot of money with the wrong career is not going to make you happy. If you have money without happiness, it doesn't mean anything. It's all about happiness.

It doesn't matter how much money you make; it's where you feel happy.

Don't run after shows and money.

I wasn't interested in making a lot of money, but I was interested in making a lot of living.

I did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when you're not working for money anymore, then you should find things that are meaningful and not just be like, 'OK, that's another day gone.'

The money, the fame, if that comes, that's fantastic. But at the end of the day, my aim is to go to sleep at night content and have a purpose, and to know that I'm not swapping my life for money and some mind-numbing boring job, making easy money and protecting my brain.

The only thing that I am ambitious about is to live a good life. Full stop.

I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.

I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.

I don't live to work; I work to live.

I'm trying to figure out the trick of working to live as opposed to living to work, but I don't know if I've quite stumbled upon it just yet.

Business is not the aim of life; it's a game.

I'm more interested in my life than I am in my career. I don't want to not work. I do enjoy working, but not to the point where that's the only thing I focus on.

What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.