Mark Cuban Quotes

I'd rather be tired than broke!

I can turn an idea into a business before you know it's going to be important. My first step will blow by you.

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

What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? It takes willingness to learn, to be able to focus, to absorb information, and to always realize that business is a 24/7 job where someone is always out there to kick your ass.

Selling is never about convincing. It is always about helping.

I love helping entrepreneurs. It's something I really have fun doing. It's like planting a little seed and watching it grow. Any time I can help somebody, that's a good thing. It's fun. If I get to make some money at it, it's even better.

Sometimes you buy the horse, sometimes you invest in the jockey. It really comes down to the actual business and the upside.

All you need is a laptop or a PC and an Internet connection and you can pretty much do almost anything and create almost any type of company.

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

Sales Cure All. Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales.

The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.

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

A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use.

Sports, music, movies - basically, fans of any form of entertainment don't do a resume analysis before picking their favorite.

Make sure you are the boss. I don't think I would encourage executives that work for me to blog. There can be only 1 public vision for an organization.

Linking without permission is stealing. Period, end of story.

Companies fail for lack of brains and effort.

If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur.

Even when I had nothing, I had everything. Because I love to compete.

One thing we can all control is effort

The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.

I'm the type that thinks if you don't learn from history, you're doomed to repeat it.

Social media is just a platform. Twitter is a very simple and immediate broadcast platform. Facebook is a very personal, when it comes to friends and when it comes to fan pages, a little bit less but still somewhat personal way to communicate.

Everyday I look in the mirror and make sure I don't pinch myself so I don't wake up. I don't take it for granted. All the time I say: 'Why me?'

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.

It takes a lot of things to work together in order to be wealthy but with a little luck, a lot of luck... You've got to be good at something. For a 20-year-old, you don't have to know exactly what you want to do, you've just got to go find something you can be great at, and then go be great at it.

Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort. It's not about what you can dream of. That's easy. It's about whether or not it's important enough to you to do the work to be ready to be successful in that business.

Credit cards are the WORST investment that you can make.

Information is power. Particularly when the competition ignores the opportunity to do the same.

I like being involved in businesses where you are kicking ass.

There is very little knowledge that can't be obtained through effort. With knowledge you can determine the state of any business or opportunity and find a course to gain an advantage.

Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.

Recessions are the best time to start a company. Companies fail. Others hold back capital. If you are willing to do the preparation and work, it is the best time to invest in yourself and start a business.

The one requirement for success in our business lives is effort. Either you make the commitment to get results or you don't.

Executives should blog if they have a vision they are trying to communicate, or if they are very visible in the media.

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.

If it had anything to do with the PC or networking industry I was on top of it. I bought manuals. I read every book and magazine. Then I would get involved with industry conferences and put myself out there.

Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.

Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.

My first company was MicroSolutions. I worked 20 hours a day. I didn't take a vacation for 7 years. I didn't even take the time to read a fiction book. It was all about work. When I sold it, I promised myself I would never wear a watch and only wear a suit to weddings, funerals and to meet the President.

Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.

I think that any reporter or columnist will be a little more careful when doing interviews with me.

One thing we can all control is effort. Put in the time to become an expert in whatever you’re doing. It will give you an advantage because most people don’t do this.

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.

There is no sport as competitive as business. It's 24 by 7 by 365 by forever.

It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It doesn't matter how many times you almost get it right. No-one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you. All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.

Most people think money is the key to reducing risk. Prepartion is.

Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.