Quotes about "Money & Wealth"

The money I saved during baseball was probably all gone. I'm tapped out. ”

I did all the stupid things you'd expect from a 21-year-old kid with money. ”

People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid. ”

I've been able to do what I love and what I'm passionate about my entire life. I made, you know, an insane amount of money playing baseball. ”

I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise. ”

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. ”

I want everything that I've worked for to go into my pocket. I want all my money to come to me. I'm very much hands-on with my career, and I like to do what I want in the studio - I don't like being told, 'do it this way' or 'do it that way.' ”

People think that a label is going to get you to the top, and of course they're going to get you to the top. That's what they're good for. They're giving you this money but you have to pay all that back. ”

If I get an iTunes check, I take the money out and say, 'OK, with this money I'mma go shoot me this many videos, with this money I'm going to do this amount of studio sessions.' ”

When I won the Oscar, I fell into that mind-set that this is a precious role. People everywhere were shouting, 'Show me the money!' I just didn't want anything that could parody the fact that I was like a tagline in a movie. So when Steven Spielberg offered me 'Amistad,' I said no; when 'Hotel Rwanda' came along, I said no. ”