Wayne Huizenga Professions : Businessman Born : December 29, 1937 Browse All Authors Top 38 quotes by Wayne Huizenga I don't want to be just a voice on the phone. Wayne Huizenga confidence running inspirational I really would not change anything. Have a passion for what you do, work hard, have great people with good personalities, enjoy the ride. Wayne Huizenga passion hard-work people My father always said working for somebody else never amounted to anything. You have to be an entrepreneur Wayne Huizenga entrepreneur said father If you're going to be an entrepreneur... it's not all textbook. It's gut feeling, it's intuition, it's a feeling you have that you can do this and make it happen. I think you have to have a personality. Wayne Huizenga entrepreneur personality thinking The good things take care of themselves. Wayne Huizenga business challenges inspirational The faster we grew, the more stores we had open, the more money we made. Employees move quickly up the ranks of a company that's growing fast. Shareholders made a lot of money. If you invested $25,000 from January 1987 to January 1994, you'd have more than a million dollars. I get a lot of personal satisfaction from that. Wayne Huizenga dollars money moving Our philosophy has been to be fiscally conservative, so we can be operationally aggressive. We're not using borrowed money to grow. So we'll put up a store just to get there before the competition. If it doesn't work, we'll close it and lose a little equity. It won't kill us. Wayne Huizenga competition money philosophy Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts. Wayne Huizenga family nuts tree Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success. Wayne Huizenga obstacles hardship overcoming I'm not leaving until you say yes. Wayne Huizenga insightful leaving I'm going to miss Blockbuster. I'm gonna miss being CEO and all that stuff. We had an atmosphere where everybody was happy. When people make money, they're happy. Wayne Huizenga atmosphere missing people Despite winning the world championship, it has not altered the reality of the situation. Wayne Huizenga winning reality world We're looking for something where we can make something happen: an industry where the competition is asleep, hasn't taken advantage. It's going to be hard to find another Blockbuster, but that doesn't mean you can't have three good companies growing. The point is, we're going to be busy. Wayne Huizenga competition taken mean Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen. Wayne Huizenga some-people success morning people Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper. Wayne Huizenga yourself great great-people people Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday. Wayne Huizenga friday sunday management work If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard. Wayne Huizenga you hard want work You don't make any money sitting in traffic. Wayne Huizenga you traffic money sitting I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish? Wayne Huizenga go technology business people If you're a sponsor, and you're doing business globally, to bring your guests to South Florida is pretty nice. Wayne Huizenga doing you nice business Similar Authors Bob Iger businessman Bob Wright businessman Bruce Karatz businessman Bruce Kovner businessman Brian Roberts businessman Brandon Wade businessman All Authors
