Gerald McRaney Quotes

If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.

I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become a professional fighter because I had heard horror stories about former boxers who made money but, in the end, ended up with nothing. I didn't want to be one of those guys.

I liked money more than going to school.

I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.

Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.

Money talks. I want the biggest fight. Whoever I've got to fight - the biggest show, biggest payday - that's what I want.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

I almost didn't turn pro at all. I was tempted to be a career amateur. I worked as an investment banker for nine months after I got out of school, and the money was fantastic and promised to get even more lucrative.

At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at that time.

To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didn't sign to Atlantic just for the money.

I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.

I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free.

Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.

Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college.

I got alright GCSEs, but I was lost. I didn't know what to do, whether to continue with education, go to uni, go to art school - then again, I was like, 'Maybe I should just go and get a job, start early and make money.'

I played baseball because I could make more money doing that than I could doing anything else.

Money. All these guys care about is money. They want money. How much money have we given them?

There isn't anything that pays you as much money as acting while you are deciding what the hell you're going to do with yourself.

Actually, I never work in movies for money. I'm glad when I get well-paid, but it's not always the case - trust me.

I just want to fight the best guys that there is in the world and make the most money out of it.

I'm a prize fighter. Titles don't pay bills. I fight for money. I'm making money. They're making money. Everybody's making money. That's what this is all about.

Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money.

People gotta realize as a fighter you want to become a champion because you get paid way more money. So the belt is very intriguing for that reason.