Warren Buffett Quotes

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever.

Too many guys don't know what to do with their lives after boxing. I was lucky because I had two managers who didn't trust each other, and so they were always making sure where all the money was, and because of that, so did I.

There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out.

Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.

I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would find him sleeping. Two weeks after its opening, I became the chef. I was 20 years old, and way over my head. I had to hire the cooks and do the menus.

For 30 years I've been responsible for managing client money, and it's been a joy, but at some point I need to move on. Thirty years is enough.

As you get older, I think everyone feels that, no matter what the job: to try a hand at running the business as opposed to simply being an employee.

You have to pay attention, like with tours and expenses; you have to factor that all in. You want to play music for the rest of your life, you have to pay attention to all the things. You want to know what's always going on.

What is done from necessity involves neither censure nor applause

There’s a lot of pressure to demonstrate to the public that you’re up to the task, even though you are literally pulling the levers of something while you’re still trying to figure out how it works.

We've become so successful that it's become a machine: There's a lot of people relying on you. You've got 100 people out on the road and working for you. You want to stay at the top.

This is always one of my big pet peeves is that 65% of NBA players, three years out of the NBA, are broke. I mean, so, maybe maturing a little more on the front end and getting an education might serve you well down the road.

I found myself trying to be all things to all people. I felt a tremendous sense of responsibility and the pressure of expectation.

I think stardom means a big responsibility that one has to shoulder.

Honestly, I really just think I work too hard to feel any pressure.

Unfortunately, the manager is always the one who gets under pressure the most.

You still have to go perform; it doesn't matter what the tournament is.

I talk to amateurs, up-and-coming guys, fighters older than me, and we compare notes to teach each other how to leave this game on top from a legacy and financial standpoint.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

I think having a back-up plan is never a bad thing. I would hate to be a male footballer and look back on 15 years of my career and think, 'Oh well, I've got a lot a money but what now?'

I feel like people expect a lot from me.

What a fearful object a long-neglected duty gets to be

After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!"

Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts.

One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about.