Tim Hardaway Quotes

Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

The first thing you need in order to make a business viable is to preserve a cash flow. I made sure I didn't have any financial backing or support.

In any business, you get your numbers together before you go out and do the work.

I'm in full transparency here of "Yeah, I'm trying to find my financing."

If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.

No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.

I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.

If you're not staying on top of your money, you are putting your financial well-being at risk.

Youth should be a savings bank.

My business life is really simple. It's like, get check. Put check in bank. Pay rent. I've never bought a stock in my life. I never got caught up in that trip. And the truth is, I don't obsess about money ever.

You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.

This is the profession I chose, and you really learn to save your money because you never know how it's going to go, but you still want to get out there and work.

I have no proper money to invest!

I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity plan is something fluid that may alter month to month.

The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.

It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that?

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.

The people who know personal finance hide the money very carefully.

The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should do a tango movie. If it hadn't been for him, I don't know where we would have gotten the money.

That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money.