If you've got $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, you're better off paying off any debt you have because that's a guaranteed return.

Learn to sell. In business you’re always selling: to your prospects, investors and employees. To be the best salesperson put yourself in the shoes of the person to whom you’re selling. Don’t sell your product. Solve their problems.

I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always.

I had been in the technology business for so long, I had seen the PC-bubble come and burst, I had seen the local area and wide area networking-bubble come and burst, it was no shock that the internet-bubble was going to burst.

Kids should go to college, but they should go to the best school they can afford to get through with minimal or no debt. That might mean going to a community college or an inexpensive local state school. Whatever it takes.

Brains are far more important than money or connections. Everyone and anyone can create a business out of their bedroom.

The NBA is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.