Ben Askren Quotes

I won't play past 30. Why? I want to - I don't know - start a family, live life.

By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.

When I finished law school, I had a 10-year plan. My plan was to go to a law firm, fall madly in love, have a baby by the time I was 30, make partner, and live happily ever after.

There was a point where there was a vision that we'll get to a certain age, and then we'll retire and be happy. Now that's like, that's being compromised every day. So I think we have to start living happy now and stop waiting for the forty years because by then you'll be so sick, you wouldn't enjoy it anyway.

When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.

From Day 1 I wasn't planning to run until I am very old.

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

My wife wants four kids, and obviously if we're having four kids, I need to make sure that the priority is family first.

My guiding principle and motivation was that I wanted to retire by the time I turned 35. There actually are two books that I bought and still have - Paul Terhost's 'Cashing In On the American Dream: How to Retire at 35' and Andrew Tobias's 'The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need' - that were my personal financial road map.

It's a good idea to have your career intact and then have children.

I wanted to retire at 55. Now at 61 with two young kids, I want to spend a bit of time with them.

I don't feel this overwhelming pressure to play or to 'make money.' That's not my driving goal.

I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take care of my wife and kids. I want to sit back, relax and enjoy life.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

Somehow, I always knew I would get married by the time I was 27. Even in college, I had this weird thing in my head that I would get married when I was 27, and hopefully my career would be stable, and I'll have kids by 30. And that's exactly what has happened.

I'd made enough made money by the time I was 12 to never work again, so it's not about a big pay check with me.

I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies. I have the rest of my life to play the British Open.

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

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It's really the first time I've thought about the future and what it could be.

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

I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City.

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.

I'd made enough money by the time I was 12 to never have to work again.

I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books.