Luol Deng Quotes

Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been for me, but nonetheless, it's difficult to deal with. Many get themselves into debt that can take years to clear up, write bad cheques, shoplift and borrow huge amounts from family and friends.

Donald Trump has no idea what a deal is. I mean, he's a man who has filed for bankruptcy many times, so he doesn't understand how to make any deals.

I don't think I have whatever that thing is that makes some athletes bad with money.

The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.

This filing spike is a result of bad information being pushed on people, and then they file for bankruptcy out of fear.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.

You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.

The perils of credit and debt, especially perilous in the computer age, have long been acknowledged in pop culture, but very infrequently by TV.

I've never been clever with money. I will buy anything at the top of the market.

We've all heard stories of lottery winners, rock stars, heirs and heiresses, and professional athletes becoming millionaire morons who wake up rich but are broke by nightfall.

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.

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy.

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.'

For athletes, it's extremely tough to trust people with your finances. It's so easy to be victimized.

Everyone has a salary. Everyone has hopes and dreams for where they can invest their money. Everyone wants to do the best they can with it, and they don't want to be subjected to any sort of predatory lending.

It's staggering how many players, even with the sums of money they make, don't do a great job of saving it.

The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail.

I don't believe in doing collections anymore.

You don’t pay attention man/that’s why your money is the size of your attention span.

When we look at the budget, the budget is bad to a large extent because we have people that have no idea as to what to do and how to buy.

Money, horse racing and women: three things the boys just can't figure out.

I'll never forget my worst business decision. I bought a Nissan Pathfinder with my first signing bonus. I didn't even have a place to live, but I bought a car. Not a smart move but, believe me, I learned from that mistake.