Maya Moore Quotes

I'm very careful with money - both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver.

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'm frugal. I've always been this way. When I was young, my mom would give me my allowance, and I'd peel off a little each week and have some to spare.

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.

I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

The most important thing is to not waste your money.

I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

As soon as I get it, I spend it. I need to start saving it.

I saved my money.

Every time I got paid, I would give my parents money. I would save some money, and I would have a little money to spend.

I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remember my dad telling me that it was important to always have some savings, and that stuck with me. I've always believed that putting money aside is a good thing.

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.

The thing I have discovered about working with personal finance is that the good news is that it is not rocket science. Personal finance is about 80 percent behavior. It is only about 20 percent head knowledge.

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

I don't take money seriously, so I can't keep any.

My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that.

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.

You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.

Young children need to develop good habits that will be useful to them the rest of their lives. It is important to keep the lessons age-appropriate. For example, when your children start earning allowances, that would be a good time to teach them how to put some money in the bank instead of spending it all.

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

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