Mark Cuban Quotes - Page 2

Don't get caught up in how many hours you work. Judge success based on having goals and measuring your results. Hard work, and lots of it, is certainly needed, but focus on what you get done.

Time is the most valuable asset you don't own.

You never win any games you don't play.

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.

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

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.

Love what you do or don't do it.

Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you.

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

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

I was lucky. I grew up knowing that hard work and smart work has a greater impact on results than being passionate about something.

Once you have found out what you love to do, there is only one goal: to be the best in the world at it.

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.

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

There are no shortcuts. NONE.

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

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.

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.

Wherever I see people doing something the way it's always been done, the way it's "supposed" to be done, following the same old trends, well, that's just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else.

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.

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

Get me selling and I can figure out the industry. Once I can figure out the industry I can start a business in that industry.

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.

All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.