I think the NFL is 10 years away from an implosion. Mark Cuban More Quotes by Mark Cuban More Quotes From Mark Cuban Being successful entails being able to not only get along with people, but also to give something back Mark Cuban successfulgivingpeople 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. Mark Cuban entrepreneurfailurelucky 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 things-in-lifeeffortlessons The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for him to retire with a smile on his face. Mark Cuban smileselfishjobs Business is the marketplace of ideas. Mark Cuban marketplaceideas 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. Mark Cuban businessdreaminspirational If you have managers reporting to managers in a startup, you will fail. Once you get beyond startup, if you have managers reporting to managers, you will create politics. Mark Cuban managersfailingbusiness 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. Mark Cuban hard-workbusinessgoal I'm not against government involvement in times of need. I am for recognizing that big public companies will continue to cut jobs in an effort to prop up stock prices, which in turn stimulates the need for more government involvement. Mark Cuban cuttinggovernmentjobs The reason I do Shark Tank isn't to try take make more money of the deals, even though every deal I want to make money off of and even more so I want the entrepreneurs to be very successful and make money, but Shark Tank sends a message to everybody that the American Dream is alive and well. Mark Cuban sharkssuccessfuldream Creating a close connection to those you do business with has its many risks, rewards and consequences. Mark Cuban businessinspirationalfriendship If there was a template for success in sports, everyone would follow it. You do the best you can and trust the people you trust. Mark Cuban do-the-bestsportspeople 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 tv-showsteammen If you think back to the first sporting event you went to, you don't remember the score, you don't remember a home run, you don't remember a dunk. You remember who you were with. Were you with your mom, your dad, your brother, on a date? Mark Cuban mombrotherrunning There is no sport as competitive as business. It's 24 by 7 by 365 by forever. Mark Cuban foreversports 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 slippery-slopepeoplethinking The one requirement for success in our business lives is effort. Either you make the commitment to get results or you don't. Mark Cuban requirementseffortcommitment I know I'm prejudiced and I know I'm bigoted in a lot of different ways. Mark Cuban different-waysdifferentway Yes. And release prisoners who are incarcerated for pot. Mark Cuban releasemarijuanapot If you don't follow the stock market, you are missing some amazing drama. Mark Cuban missingdramafunny
