Business happens over years and years. Value is measured in the total upside of a business relationship, not by how much you squeezed out in any one deal.

Today is the youngest you will ever be. Live like it.

Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort.

It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.

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.

My businesses are usually built around challenging conventional wisdom, so I tend to gain by taking the other side. It's been very profitable and entertaining for me

Having the ability to be brutally honest with yourself is the greatest challenge you face when creating a business model. Too often we oversell ourselves on the quality of the idea, service, or product. We don't provide an honest assessment of how we fit in the market, why customers will buy from us, and at what price.