I was going to post on much the same lines, but felt it a cheap shot, but now someone else has done so, I'm jumping right in.
What an idiot. Who on earth is advising him!?
But the fact remains, money is a HUGE motivator to us all. You don't get to the top of any profession without REALLY loving the stuff, and the more you have, the more you want. It is a passion to us, but the game is a business to them, nothing more, nothing less.
Any Wity's right - 99% of them would do it if they could be certain they'd get away with it.