Susan George Quotes

I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

What this is about is hopefully an opportunity for me to help pave the way for my future in terms of getting financially choosier. You have to plan the windfall as if it'll be your only one.

My private financial situation is such that I don't need to worry about my investments. I don't have much to invest.

Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.

When you're a 20-something-year-old athlete and you're getting a six-figure check every week, you're not thinking about next week. You're not thinking, 'I'm going to be broke,' or 'I'm going to need another job.' But I'll tell you, there are a lot of broke athletes out there - I know plenty - and I didn't want to end up as one.

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes.

I'm very lucky because less than one percent of boxers get out of the game financially secure.

I have my own money. I don't need to make too much more money where I'm at in my life.

I've made some investments during my career that I'm happy with, so my life, talking financially, is definitely OK.

Be it understood you are never rich when you get no advantage from it.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.

If you have urgent current expenses to cover, then future priorities like college and retirement fall off your radar because they are simply less pressing. Scarcity of attention prevents us from seeing what's really important. The psychology of scarcity engrosses us in only our present needs.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.

I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.

People think money is life and your life is over if you lose it.

He that is rich is wise.

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.

I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

Money is important. It is an important resource to have to help us build the life we want, but we overvalue it.