“I originally I got in for the cash but getting my dad's respect is...” – Seth Davis, Boiler Room ... Movie Quotes Database

I originally I got in for the cash but getting my dad's respect is what kept me there, I had to adapt to this new world, I didn't know any of these guys but what I did know is that they had all the money in the world and not a clue what to do with it.

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Jim Young There's an important phrase that we use here, and think it's time that you all learned it. Act as if. You understand what that means? Act as if you are the **** President of this firm. Act as if you got a 9" ****. Okay? Act as if. Broker I know you're not standing on your front porch with a bag of money waiting for me to call you. But I'm not some 18-year-old selling a cure for AIDS. I'm 46 years old, I have 22 years market experience, I know this business. So pick up your skirt, grab your balls, and lets go make some money Seth Davis Notorious B.I.G. said it best: Either you're slinging crack rock, or you got a wicked jump shot.' Nobody wants to work for it anymore. There's no honor in taking the after school job at Mickey D's. Honor's in the dollar, kid. So I went the white boy way of slinging crack rock. I became a stock broker.