Quotes by Mark Cuban

About Mark Cuban:

Mark Cuban is an American businessman, investor, film producer, author, television personality and philanthropist. He is the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures, and the chairman of the HDTV cable network AXS TV. He is also a "shark" investor on the television series Shark Tank. In 2011, Cuban wrote an e-book, How to Win at the Sport of Business, in which he chronicles his life experiences in business and sports.
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Culture is very important to the Mavs. Your best player has to be a fit for what you want the culture of the team to be. He has to be someone who leads by example. Someone who sets the tone in the locker room and on the court. It isn't about who talk...

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Recessions are the best time to start a company. Companies fail. Others hold back capital. If you are willing to do the preparation and work, it is the best time to invest in yourself and start a business.

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I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaran...

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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.

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

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Wherever I see people doing something the way it's always been done, the way it's 'supposed' to be done, following the same old trends, well, that's just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else.

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I'm not the type to pat myself on the back and all that, but somebody has to be lucky, right? When I got to Dallas, I was struggling - sleeping on the floor with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment. I used to drive around, look at the big houses, a...

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

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

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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.

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I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.

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In the past, people used to tell me to shut up a bit. But what I believe is to put out your opinion and let everyone else react. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

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When you turn your team upside down and try to figure out what the culture of the team is, you take the greatest risk a team can take.

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I worked hard and smarter than most people in the businesses I have been in.

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I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.

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I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.

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We can't ever forget that the Internet now is just a staid utility. The exciting platforms are software applications that are very, very simple.

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Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.

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Social media is just a platform. Twitter is a very simple and immediate broadcast platform. Facebook is a very personal, when it comes to friends and when it comes to fan pages, a little bit less but still somewhat personal way to communicate.

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I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties.

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Author Bio

  • NameMark Cuban
  • DescriptionAmerican billionaire entrepreneur
  • BornJuly 31, 1958
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Voice Actor; Blogger; Entrepreneur; Venture Capitalist; Businessperson