Mark Cuban Quotes

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy.

Money is a scoreboard where you can rank how you're doing against other people.

It's not in the dreaming, it's in the doing.

If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur.

Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.

The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.

I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.

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

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.

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

I think that any reporter or columnist will be a little more careful when doing interviews with me.

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

The idea that growth equals profitability is a misconception. If you can't afford the financial or qualitative side of growth, it can just as easily put you out of business.

Love what you do or don't do it.

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

Wherever there is change, and wherever there is uncertainty, there is opportunity!

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.

While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic.

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

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.

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.

All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.

Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.

It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it

Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do.

If I own stock in your company and you move offshore for tax reasons I'm selling your stock. There are enough investment choices here.

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.

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

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

There are no shortcuts. NONE.

In my opinion, right now there's way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind them.

Once you are prepared and you think you have every angle of preparation covered, you have to go for it.

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

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

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.

When I got to the Mavericks people were all giving me advice - change this, change that - and one thing that I didn't do was fire anybody.

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

Everyone tells you how they are going to be "special", but few do the work to get there. Do the work.

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

When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?

Business happens over years and years. Value is measured in the total upside of a business relationship, not by how much you squeezed out in any one deal.

When I die, I want to come back as me.

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.

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

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

I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them.

Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort.

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.

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.

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I wake up every day just fired up. My one rule is, don't let anyone pinch me, because I don't want to wake up.