William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

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.

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.

I haven't gone hillbilly rich, where you spend everything you have.

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.

I like to keep my money at the end of the day.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes.

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.

I don't spoil myself on extravagant cars or spending money on jewelry. So I save a lot of the money I have.

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

I saved my money.

You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.

Just don't spend your money, and you're well on your way to becoming a millionaire.

I've made a lot of money, and more importantly, I've saved a lot of money.

I used to, in the summertime, spend so much money doing a lot of fun stuff. Now, I'm actually consciously trying to save so we can live how we want to live after basketball. I've even sold a few things.

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

If you save your money right, you can have what you want.

Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount to something. This is such a no-brainer.

It pays to be a fee fiend.

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.