Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

You want to make sure you're aware of who's dealing with your money, what it's doing, and how you can save.

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've made a lot of money, and more importantly, I've saved a lot of money.

Anything that gets people to think harder about their financial security and take some responsibility is a good thing.

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.

Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'

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.

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.

I must know every aspect of my personal finances. Managing your money will help you make your money work for you.

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.

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.

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing.

I understand that finance can be very complex.

We all need to save money to send our kids to college, to buy our first house, and to retire. But the truth is that most of us don't save very much.

I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.

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.

My first objective is to invest, and if I have anything spare, then I spend.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

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

Stay on top of your finances. Don't leave that up to others.

My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.

One of the most important aspects of an athlete's financial life is that he needs to be personally responsible for his own finances.