I worked hard and smarter than most people in the businesses I have been in. Mark Cuban More Quotes by Mark Cuban More Quotes From Mark Cuban Can't say no one makes money from Twitter now. The NBA does. Mark Cuban nbamaking-moneydoe Know your core competencies and focus on being great at them. Pay up for people in your core competencies. Get the best. Outside the core competencies, hire people that fit your culture but are cheap. Mark Cuban focusculturepeople But we have to ask ourselves, what's the purpose of the stock market? It's supposed to be a source of capital for growing business. It's lost that purpose. Mark Cuban growingpurposelost 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. Mark Cuban businessgivingpeople In business, one of the challenges is making sure that your product is the easiest to experience and complete a sale. Mark Cuban businesschallengesinspirational 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 encouragementbusinessthinking What I’ve learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment. Mark Cuban businessbelieveyears 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 uniquespecialpeople I think political people are afraid of me. Mark Cuban politicalpeoplethinking Am I crazy to spend [millions] in contracts when I have the chance to get three layers deep into the playoffs? Mark Cuban layersthreecrazy Find something you love to do. If you don't make money at it, at least you love going to work. Mark Cuban intriguinginspirationwinning The beauty of success, whether it’s finding the girl of your dreams, the right job or financial success, is that it doesn’t matter how many times you have failed, you only have to be right once. Mark Cuban girldreamjobs In every job, I would justify it in my mind, whether I loved it or hated it, that I was getting paid to learn and every experience would be of value when I figured out what I wanted to do when I grew up. Mark Cuban would-bemindjobs I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments. Mark Cuban businesssuccessinspiring Never settle. There is no reason to rush. Mark Cuban never-settlesettlingreason One problem people have is that they lie to themselves. Rarely is talent enough. You have to find ways to make yourself standout. You do so by playing to your strengths and making people aware of those strengths. Mark Cuban lyingpeopleway Time is the most valuable asset you don't own. Mark Cuban valuableassets What I’ve learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you’ll find that you put the time in. You won’t just ask somebody if it’s a good idea, you’ll go figure out if it’s a good idea. Mark Cuban businesssuccessinspiring Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort. Mark Cuban things-you-can-controleffortsports Every kid thinks they have something special about themselves. Every adult thinks they have a big idea at some point in their life. Rather than pursue every thing they possibly can to prepare themselves to enable their idea or special talent, they tend to wing it and make excuses. Mark Cuban wingskidsthinking
