Mark Cuban Quotes

1. “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

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2. “Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you.”

— Mark Cuban

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3. “There is only one thing in life you can control: Your own effort.”

— Mark Cuban

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4. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.”

— Mark Cuban

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5. “Wherever there is change, and wherever there is uncertainty, there is opportunity!”

— Mark Cuban

6. “If you don’t follow the stock market, you are missing some amazing drama.”

— Mark Cuban

7. “Don’t start a company unless it’s an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession.”

— Mark Cuban

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8. “I’d rather be tired than broke!”

— Mark Cuban

9. “Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is.”

— Mark Cuban

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10. “Pay off your debt first. Freedom from debt is worth more than any amount you can earn.”

— Mark Cuban

11. “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

12. “The only thing in your control is effort. That’s all, and that’s everything.”

— Mark Cuban

13. “It takes time, it’s a grind. There are no shortcuts. You’ve got to grind and grind.”

— Mark Cuban

14. “Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.”

— Mark Cuban

15. “Time is the most valuable asset you don’t own.”

— Mark Cuban

16. “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

17. “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

18. “Doesn’t matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.”

— Mark Cuban

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19. “Learn to sell. In business you’re always selling: to your prospects, investors and employees. To be the best salesperson put yourself in the shoes of the person to whom you’re selling. Don’t sell your product. Solve their problems.”

— Mark Cuban

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

— Mark Cuban

21. “Do your homework and know your business better than anyone. Otherwise, someone who knows more and works harder will kick your ass.”

— Mark Cuban

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

— Mark Cuban

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23. “It’s not in the dreaming, it’s in the doing.”

— Mark Cuban

24. “It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.”

— Mark Cuban

25. “Today is the youngest you will ever be. Live like it.”

— Mark Cuban

26. “Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you.”

— Mark Cuban

27. “If you really want to know where your destiny lies, look at where you apply your time.”

— Mark Cuban

28. “Love what you do or don’t do it.”

— Mark Cuban

29. “There is no sport as competitive as business. It’s 24 by 7 by 365 by forever.”

— Mark Cuban

30. “Everyone has ideas. The first step is to learn more about your industry than anyone in the world. Otherwise there is a good chance that the lady that knows it better than you is going to kick your ass. Then you just have to go for it. No excuses. Just work your ass off.”

— Mark Cuban

31. “Sales Cure All. Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales.”

— Mark Cuban

32. “I’m always afraid of failing. It’s great motivation to work harder.”

— Mark Cuban

33. “Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.”

— Mark Cuban

34. “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

35. “Relaxing is for the other guy.”

— Mark Cuban

36. “Creating opportunities means looking where others are not.”

— Mark Cuban

37. “Focus on building the best possible business. If you are great, people will notice and opportunities will appear.”

— Mark Cuban

38. “Expect the unexpected, and always be ready – everyone has inside them what it takes to be successful. You just have to be ready to unleash it when the opportunity presents itself.”

— Mark Cuban

39. “Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do.”

— Mark Cuban

40. “Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.”

— Mark Cuban

41. “Selling is never about convincing. It is always about helping.”

— Mark Cuban

42. “Money is a scoreboard where you can rank how you’re doing against other people.”

— Mark Cuban

43. “One thing we can all control is effort.”

— Mark Cuban

44. “I don’t care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.”

— Mark Cuban

45. “Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort.”

— Mark Cuban

46. “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

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

— Mark Cuban

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

— Mark Cuban

49. “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.”

— Mark Cuban

50. “Just watch. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I’m just telling you, when you’ve got a good thing and you get greedy, it always, always, always, always, always turns on you. That’s rule No. 1 of business.”

— Mark Cuban