Financial Tradeoff Quotes

Everything is a tradeoff. Everywhere you leave, you leave some good things. The more successful you are, the harder it is to make tradeoffs. That's why some people become successful and then become flat. Be willing to give up income for potential, for opportunity.

Remember that every dollar saved by health care reform is a dollar less for somebody’s earnings.

After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to school I thought about going into real estate law. I probably would have made a lot more money and died of boredom by now.

The price tag for principles is sometimes much higher than what’s on the table in terms of dollars and cents.

I have made a choice to fully enjoy my kids and this particular season of my life. It's a very conscious, powerful decision. In some ways, it takes more guts to buck the financial rewards and adulation that come from a professional career to pursue something so culturally undervalued as at-home motherhood.

When you're in that upper echelon in wrestling, any movie you take is gonna be a pay cut. If you're gone for three months and they pay you 150 grand, you're getting killed.

I know what I want, and the performance side is more important than ticking the money box.

I walked away from pro football and a $2.9 million contract with the San Francisco 49ers because I didn't want to develop CTE.