Stanley Druckenmiller Quotes

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

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

I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.

I hope that I'll be hot for a long time so I can make a lot of money, I can retire early, and just travel. Hopefully that will happen.

I oughta be rich. But, you know, if you don't spend all your time looking after money, somebody else will. The guys who look after money, they're the ones who get the money.

We all need to save money to send our kids to college, to buy our first house, and to retire. But the truth is that most of us don't save very much.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.

I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.

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

I'm very, very fortunate to be in the job that I'm in, and I would love for it to continue forever, but it won't. I have to financially and emotionally prepare for the day that 'Mad Men' will go away, because who knows what my next job is going to be?

I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I had an Ivy League degree. So I put that Dartmouth degree to good use and got a job on Wall Street. I hated it but used the time to make connections and become financially literate.

The only reason the stock market is doing so well is because of me. I've always been very good with money.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

Too many guys don't know what to do with their lives after boxing. I was lucky because I had two managers who didn't trust each other, and so they were always making sure where all the money was, and because of that, so did I.

Anybody who dies with money in the bank is a failure.

I talk to amateurs, up-and-coming guys, fighters older than me, and we compare notes to teach each other how to leave this game on top from a legacy and financial standpoint.

When you get successful, the money comes in and pretty soon you've got to hire an accountant, you've got to get up early, and then you've got a day job.

When I retired from Aetna, I became part of the private equity world. It turned out to be a natural fit.

There are a lot of guys who are successful, they make a lot of big money, I mean millions overnight with a contract, and they don't understand the evaporation. It evaporates. You're always back to square one. I found that out, so integrity is how I do business. That's my main asset.

From Day 1 I wasn't planning to run until I am very old.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.