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.

Every job I took was really me getting paid to learn about a new industry.

It takes time, it's a grind. There are no shortcuts. You've got to grind and grind.

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.

The NBA (National Basketball Association) is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

If you really want to know where your destiny lies, look at where you apply your time.

YouTube has gotten so big that you're not a standard unless YouTube adopts you. And that's a big fight.