Mark Cuban Quotes

When I die, I want to come back as me. ~ Mark Cuban

Everyone has got the will to win; it's only those with the will to prepare that do win. ~ Mark Cuban

It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customers' shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship. ~ Mark Cuban

I'd rather be tired than broke! ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it. ~ Gary Vaynerchuk

I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them. ~ Mark Cuban

Wherever there is change, and wherever there is uncertainty, there is opportunity! ~ Mark Cuban

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I wake up every day just fired up. My one rule is, don't let anyone pinch me, because I don't want to wake up. ~ Mark Cuban

It's not about money or connections. It's the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. ~ Mark Cuban

I think political people are afraid of me. ~ Mark Cuban

It seems like everybody's weighing in on Trumps campaign - even Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. He said that Trump is 'probably the best thing to happen to politics in a long, long time.' Then Trump was like, 'Well, at least one Cuban loves me.' ~ Jimmy Fallon

We all know or have read about someone who has been burned on social media. We have taught our kids not to post pictures publicly that could impact their future, but we have not yet taught ourselves that texts, messages and social media posts could be used just as maliciously or with as much downside as pictures. ~ Mark Cuban

We don't sell wins or losses. The one thing you can't control in sports is which games you are going to win or which games you are going to lose. But what I could control was the experience the fans have. ~ Mark Cuban

I think you've got to be very, very careful when you start making blanket statements about what people say and think, as opposed to what they do. It's a very, very slippery slope. ~ Mark Cuban

To retire by the age of 35 was my goal. I wasn't sure how I was going to get there though. I knew I would end up owning my own business someday, so I figured my challenge was to learn as much as anyone about all businesses. I believed that every job I took was really me getting paid to learn about a new industry. I spent as much time as I could, learning and reading everything about business I could get my hands on. I used to go into the library for hours and hours reading business books and magazines. ~ Mark Cuban

With every effort, I learned a lot. With every mistake and failure, not only mine, but of those around me, I learned what not to do. I also got to study the success of those I did business with as well. I had more than a healthy dose of fear, and an unlimited amount of hope, and more importantly, no limit on time and effort. ~ Mark Cuban

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 because all that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are. ~ Mark Cuban

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

Communicate with your fans or customers. They know we live in an ever changing world. If you tell them what you are thinking and why you are doing what you do, as I did with my blog regarding Nash leaving, they will respect and support you more. ~ Mark Cuban

I think the NFL is 10 years away from an implosion, ~ Mark Cuban

Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don't find one, it's you. ~ Mark Cuban

All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal. ~ Mark Cuban

What I do know, at least what I think I have learned from my experiences in business, is that when there is a rush for everyone to do the same thing, it becomes more difficult to do. Not easier. Harder. ~ Mark Cuban

It doesn't matter where you live ... It doesn't matter how you live. It doesn't matter what car you drive. It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you wear. ~ Mark Cuban

Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you. ~ Mark Cuban

We can talk about republican or democratic approaches to the economy, but until you fix the student loan bubble - and that's where the real bubble is - and the tuition bubble, we don't have a chance. All this other stuff is shuffling deck-chairs on the Titanic. ~ Mark Cuban

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

I don't think people realize the risks they face every time they create a text, or post on a social network. Unless you expressly make the effort, everything you do online, including texting, has a shelf life of forever. ~ Mark Cuban

Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have. ~ Mark Cuban

Forget about finding your passion. Instead, focus on finding big problems. ~ Mark Cuban

We all have a history of digital texts, posts, messages, reposts/tweets that are sitting out there and can be used by anyone for any reason. ~ Mark Cuban

The one thing in life you can control is your effort. Are there any shortcuts in the beauty business? No. That was the first lesson I learned. You can't just rocket to the top. ~ Mark Cuban

For tech, I like the 'DailySearchCast', 'TWiT' and anything Veronica Belmont does on CNET. I think Perez Hilton is a riot, and the rest of my consumption is by people: Folks like Dave Winer, Fred Wilson, Mark Cuban, Brian Alvey, Jeff Jarvis, Xeni Jardin, etc. ~ Jason Calacanis

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. ~ Mark Cuban

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are. ~ Mark Cuban

One thing we can all control is effort ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

The sport of business is the ultimate competition. It's 7 x 24 x 365 x forever. ~ Mark Cuban

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

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

I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It's always on. There is always someone trying to beat me. ~ Mark Cuban

I rarely think the market is right. I believe non dividend stocks aren't much more than baseball cards. They are worth what you can convince someone to pay for it. ~ Mark Cuban

Most people think it's all about the idea. It's not. EVERYONE has ideas. The hard part is doing the homework to know if the idea could work in an industry, then doing the preparation to be able to execute on the idea. ~ Mark Cuban

I know I'm prejudiced, and I know I'm bigoted in a lot of different ways, ~ Mark Cuban

I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties. ~ Mark Cuban

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

Time is the most valuable asset you don't own. You may or may not realize it yet, but how you use or don't use your time is going to be the best indication of where your future is going to take you . ~ Mark Cuban

Never settle. There is no need to rush. ~ Mark Cuban

I'm always afraid of failing. It's great motivation to work harder. ~ Mark Cuban

The Higher Education Industry is very analogous to the Newspaper industry. By the time they realize they need to change the costs to support their legacy infrastructure and costs will keep them from getting there. ~ Mark Cuban

It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it ~ Mark Cuban

What makes a good salesperson? Let me be clear that it's not the person who can talk someone into anything. It's not the hustler who is a smooth talker. The best salespeople are the ones who put themselves in their customer's shoes and provide a solution that makes the customer happy. ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

If you don't follow the stock market, you are missing some amazing drama. ~ Mark Cuban

My days are straight out of the movie Groundhog Day. ~ Mark Cuban

Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort. ~ Mark Cuban

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

In these times of the 'Great Recession', we shouldn't be trying to shift the benefits of wealth behind some curtain. We should be celebrating and encouraging people to make as much money as they can. Profits equal tax money. While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic. ~ Mark Cuban

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes, I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy. The only thing I ever try to support is a third party, like Unity08. We need more parties and more choice. ~ Mark Cuban

Do it because you love it. Then it's not a job. I'm a geek. I love
technology. I would be online working with technology regardless of what my day job is. ~ Mark Cuban

You need a place where you can explain yourself. You can write as much or as little as you would like, but the words will be all yours. You can create the context. You can make sure that all issues are addressed. You can take issue with individuals or the media as a whole. Your words, your message. ~ Mark Cuban

I just try to have a good time, enjoy my family, enjoy my life. I was having a blast when I was poor, and I'm having maybe a little bit more now that I've got something in the bank. ~ Mark Cuban

Everyone is passionate about something. Usually more than one thing. We are born with it. ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

I do everything via email. Which in turn works as my tickler file and prioritization queue. I start at the top every morning and keep on going until I'm finished. I don't do calls. I don't do meetings. ~ Mark Cuban

In business, to be a success, you only have to be right once. ~ Mark Cuban

If you can, you will quickly find that the greatest rate of return you will earn is on your own personal spending. Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich. ~ Mark Cuban

Pay off your debt first. Freedom from debt is worth more than any amount you can earn. ~ Mark Cuban

It's always the little decisions that have the biggest impact. ~ Mark Cuban

If I own stock in your company and you move offshore for tax reasons I'm selling your stock. There are enough investment choices here ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

Creating opportunities means looking where others are not. ~ Mark Cuban

Ideas are easy. I've never met a single person who didn't think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business. ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

I retired at twenty-nine, bought a life-time pass on American Airlines and my only goal in life was to party like a mad man and get drunk with as many people as possible. And I was happy right there. But when we started the streaming business, I knew it could be something big. ~ Mark Cuban

Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do. ~ Mark Cuban

I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing. ~ Mark Cuban

Tech stocks were the cubic zirconium of the market. They looked good and were sexy, but they just were a way for the company selling them to make money. That's always going to be transient in terms of the stock market. What's real is that companies have to compete. Technology used well is a great tool to enable that if only because most companies dont use technologies well. ~ Mark Cuban

If you're looking where everybody else is looking, you're looking in the wrong spot. ~ Mark Cuban

I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere. ~ Mark Cuban

I have some very special guests tonight, and I would like to give a big welcome to the Wayne State men and women's rugby team for coming to the game tonight and to be on my TV Show ~ Mark Cuban

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is that we lie to ourselves. We don't step back and look at ourselves like a competitor would. ~ Mark Cuban

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

On the Internet, there are an unlimited number of competitors. Anybody with a Flip camera is your competition. What makes it even worse is that YouTube is willing to subsidize the cost of your bandwidth. So anybody can create and distribute for free basically, but the real cost is marketing. And that's always the big cost - how do you stand out and what's the cost of standing out? And there's no limit to that cost. ~ Mark Cuban

You could be beaten down by anybody and by everybody and it doesn't matter what everybody else thinks it's how you see yourself and what your own dreams are. And, you know, anybody who started a business and build a business knows there's going to be lots of times when you feel beaten down and you need some motivation and that's when I turn to that book among others. ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

In the past, people used to tell me to shut up a bit. But what I believe is to put out your opinion and let everyone else react. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. ~ Mark Cuban

Success is about making your life a special version of unique that fits who you are - not what other people want you to be. ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort. ~ Mark Cuban

When you post something, when you text something, you lose ownership of it when you hit enter or send. Who you send it to, where you post it, they take ownership of that information whether you like it or not. ~ Mark Cuban

Relaxing is for the other guy. ~ Mark Cuban

One problem people have is that they lie to themselves. You may think you are more talented then the next guy. Which is exactly what the next guy thinks as well. Rarely is talent enough. You have to find ways to make yourself stand out. You do so by playing to your strengths and making people aware of those strengths. Always remember that no matter how many times you get shot down, you will get smarter, better and you only have to be right once to be successful. ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

Only morons start a business on a loan? ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban

Open offices keep everyone in tune with what is going on and keep the energy up. If an employee is about privacy, show him or her how to use the lock on the bathroom. ~ Mark Cuban

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. ~ Mark Cuban