Keith Jackson Quotes

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.

Hard work pays off. But it doesn't stop now. I know I'm generational wealthy, as you can say, but still got business to handle.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

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.

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

Before I really even understood what the term meant, I wanted to be wealthy. I wanted to be able to drive the beautiful old Rolls-Royces my father admired when I was a child.

I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.

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

When you're young and you have money, you become the CEO, automatically, of life, of your family.

I've always been terrified about not having money. I've been a big saver and a big earner. When I've been out of work, I've always found another job. I never wanted to get into debt, because money was very tight when I was growing up. I never felt deprived, but I couldn't have the things I wanted.

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

I have more money now than I know what to do with.

Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.

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

To this day, I still haven't touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money. I live off my marketing money and haven't blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry, or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school.

There is a real opportunity right now as parents and grandparents to come up with a plan that leaves our kids with something better than we have; that is, an opportunity to own, build, and grow a nest egg of their own.

The right amount of money to leave children is enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing

I don't want to outlive my money.

I live below my means. I think that's a good discipline because you never can tell.

I'm thankful for what I've got, but I'm cramming all my money into a trust fund because I don't ever want to look around and wonder where all my money went.

I just save my money, man. I don't even try to enjoy it like these other rappers; they having fun and they lit, but they gon' be broke later on. I be savin', I be chillin'. It feels good to know I got it, but it feel better to know I'ma keep it too.

I was able to save up a lot of money over the years of working hard so that I can buy myself cute shoes.

Since I entered the league, half of my checks have always gone into a separate account... I pride myself on doing that. I've done it no matter the size of my contract or salary.