Gary Payton Quotes

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.

He that is rich is wise.

I was making so much money I didn't care. I didn't know what to do with the money.

I don't care about money.

Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.

Some folks can have all the money in the world, and still not know what to do with it.

We now live in an era where everybody is rich, and for some reason, everybody has a $20K bag. It is great to have those things, but I want the people who follow me to feel inspired and not jealous. Once you figure out your overall message, then you can push forward.

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

Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.

Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

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.

Life is a story. You and I are telling stories; they may suck, but we are telling stories. And we tell stories about the things that we want. So you go through your bank account, and those are things you have told stories about.

Nobody thought about having more money than you could ever spend.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

Money never made me.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

The first time I had money, I was extravagant, but then you realise it's not just about that. If I lost it all tomorrow, it wouldn't be me that's hurt, it would be my babies. It would be more about people's opinion of me that would concern me.

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

I don't spend any time at all thinking about my personal wealth. I suppose if I had nothing, I might think, 'I have nothing.'

I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.

If I make $30,000 a month, I'll spend $29,999. I tell friends, 'Oh, you need money to go to college?' I'm a little crazy, but the backwash is heaven.

With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me.