Before Mark Cuban was a billionaire internet mogul, basketball team owner, and TV personality he was just a normal guy. As he said in an interview,”I’m not the type to pat myself on the back and all that, but somebody has to be lucky, right? When I got to Dallas, I was struggling – sleeping on the floor with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment. I used to drive around, look at the big houses, and imagine what it would be like to live there and use that as motivation.”
Well, Mark can buy just about any house he wants nowadays, and it is all from his relentless motivation to be the best at everything he does. Here are 10 of his most inspiring quotes about working and succeeding.
“When you’ve got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?”
“Every no gets me closer to a yes.”
“What I’ve learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.”
“What I’ve learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you’ll find that you put the time in. You won’t just ask somebody if it’s a good idea, you’ll go figure out if it’s a good idea.”
“Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don’t do it.”
“I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It’s always on. There is always someone trying to beat me.”
“Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.”
“It’s not in the dreaming, it’s in the doing.”
“Doesn’t matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.”
“Wherever I see people doing something the way it’s always been done, the way it’s ‘supposed’ to be done, following the same old trends, well, that’s just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else.”
