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Mark Cuban, born on July 31, 1958, is an accomplished businessman, investor, and television personality. He is renowned for his investments in the sports, media, and internet industries, most notably his investment in the broadcast company Hulu and the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. Cuban is respected for his straightforwardness, innovation, and business acumen.

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“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 because all that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.”

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“It’s not about money or connections — it’s the willingness to outwork and out-learn everyone… And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time”

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“the biggest bubble that I participate in is Conservative Facebook. It's a world where whatever Trump says is gospel, any criticism is an obvious lie and all other perspectives are Marxist. All absolute positions with no room for discussion with memes used as a foundation of fact (9/11/2020 on Twitter)”

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“Know your core competencies and focus on being great at them.”

Core Competencies

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“When I started writing this blog more than years ago, it was in response to traditional media's habit of twisting interviews to fit the headlines they wanted to create.”

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“We all know or have read about someone who has been burned on social media. We have taught our kids not to post pictures publicly that could impact their future, but we have not yet taught ourselves that texts, messages and social media posts could be used just as maliciously or with as much downside as pictures.”

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“When you hit send on a text or tweet, you lose ownership of it - but you don't lose responsibility. Every text you have sent may have been saved and could be out there waiting to be used in ways you didn't imagine. Even the most simple of posts can be used out of context, often unintentionally, and change your future.”

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“It doesn't matter where you live...It doesn't matter how you live. It doesn't matter what car you drive. It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you wear.”

Kind Matter Car Clothes Where You Live Clothes You Wear

Book:How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.”

Enemy Perfectionism Profitability

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“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.”

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“It's always the little decisions that have the biggest impact.”

Littles Decision Impact

Book:How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“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.”

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“There is very little knowledge that can't be obtained through effort. With knowledge you can determine the state of any business or opportunity and find a course to gain an advantage.”

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“One problem people have is that they lie to themselves. You may think you are more talented then the next guy. Which is exactly what the next guy thinks as well. Rarely is talent enough. You have to find ways to make yourself stand out. You do so by playing to your strengths and making people aware of those strengths. Always remember that no matter how many times you get shot down, you will get smarter, better and you only have to be right once to be successful.”

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“I wouldn't be where I am now if I didn't fail ... a lot. The good, the bad, it's all part of the success equation.”

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“The new moron in town is Chad Ford of ESPN.com.”

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“Executives should blog if they have a vision they are trying to communicate, or if they are very visible in the media.”

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“You could be beaten down by anybody and by everybody and it doesn't matter what everybody else thinks it's how you see yourself and what your own dreams are. And, you know, anybody who started a business and build a business knows there's going to be lots of times when you feel beaten down and you need some motivation and that's when I turn to that book among others.”

Thinking Knows Needs Feels Book Matter Dream Motivation Turns Down And Beaten

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“The sport of business is the ultimate competition. It's 7 × 24 × 365 × forever.”

Sports Forever Ultimate Competition

Book:How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Only morons start a business on a loan?”

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“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.”

People Way Enough Problem Lying Talent

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

Take Time Grind Shortcuts It Takes Time

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“Relaxing is for the other guy.”

Book:How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Do the things that make perfect sense to you, [and] don't be afraid to shout it from the mountain tops just because it's outside the box or against the grain in your industry. More often than not, you're probably going to be right.”

Perfect Industry Mountain Boxes Grain Outside The Box Mountain Top

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“It would have been easy to judge effort by how many hours a day passed while I was at work. That's the worst way to measure effort. Effort is measured by setting goals and getting results.”

Way Has Beens Easy Goal Hours Results Effort Worst Judging Setting Settings Setting Goals Easy To Judge

Book:How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Am I crazy to spend [millions] in contracts when I have the chance to get three layers deep into the playoffs?”

Three Chance Millions Crazy Contracts Layers Playoffs

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“You need a place where you can explain yourself. You can write as much or as little as you would like, but the words will be all yours. You can create the context. You can make sure that all issues are addressed. You can take issue with individuals or the media as a whole. Your words, your message.”

Needs Writing Littles Whole Individual Issues Media Messages Explain Yourself

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“Sports, music, movies - basically, fans of any form of entertainment don't do a resume analysis before picking their favorite.”

Form Sports Fans Entertainment Analysis Resumes

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“Never settle. There is no reason to rush.”

Reason Settling No Reason Never Settle

Book:How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“The stock market's handling of new technology is kind of a joke. We have seen CNBC, CNNfn, Bloomberg, and the like turn into home-shopping networks for stocks. Fund managers and analysts go on TV and sell what's shiny and easy to sell.”

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“Tech stocks were the cubic zirconium of the market. They looked good and were sexy, but they just were a way for the company selling them to make money. That's always going to be transient in terms of the stock market. What's real is that companies have to compete. Technology used well is a great tool to enable that if only because most companies dont use technologies well.”

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“One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.”

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“The same applies to the music and film industries. Until the heads of the labels start wanting to make money rather than creating controversy, tension, and excuses about why piracy is making the job so hard that no one could do it but them - and oh by the way, they need a raise to really focus in on the fight - the music industry is going to have a very tough time of it.”

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“YouTube has gotten so big that you're not a standard unless YouTube adopts you. And that's a big fight.”

Bigs Fighting Standards Youtube

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“On the Internet, there are an unlimited number of competitors. Anybody with a Flip camera is your competition. What makes it even worse is that YouTube is willing to subsidize the cost of your bandwidth. So anybody can create and distribute for free basically, but the real cost is marketing. And that's always the big cost - how do you stand out and what's the cost of standing out? And there's no limit to that cost.”

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“Video for the Internet has become a testing ground for mediums that actually have revenue.”

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“Doesnt matter what your skill and physical gifts are if you cant get your head right.”

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“Sometimes you buy the horse, sometimes you invest in the jockey. It really comes down to the actual business and the upside.”

Sometimes Horse Jockeys

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“Every now and then I love to invest in a company that may not set the world on fire, but has the chance to establish itself, create jobs and have a positive impact.”

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“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.”

Looks Lying Mistake Steps Entrepreneur Competitors Biggest Mistake

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“Information is power. Particularly when the competition ignores the opportunity to do the same.”

Opportunity Information Competition Information Is Power

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“I'm the type that thinks if you don't learn from history, you're doomed to repeat it.”

Ifs Thinking Type Repeats Doomed

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“You never quite know in business if what you are doing is the right or the wrong thing. Unfortunately, by the time you know the answer, someone has beaten you to it and you are out of business.”

Ifs Knows Answers Beaten Never Quit Wrong Things

Book:How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“I can turn an idea into a business before you know it's going to be important. My first step will blow by you.”

Knows Firsts I Can Important Ideas Turns Steps Blow First Steps

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“I don't think people realize the risks they face every time they create a text, or post on a social network. Unless you expressly make the effort, everything you do online, including texting, has a shelf life of forever.”

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“If you are active online or texting, there is a good chance I could look at what you do and know more about you than your family.”

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“If I didn't like you, I could take any or all of what I found and invent a context that lost you your job, your relationships, your degree. People are so vulnerable online and they don't realize it. That is scary to me.”

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“When you post something, when you text something, you lose ownership of it when you hit enter or send. Who you send it to, where you post it, they take ownership of that information whether you like it or not”

Loses Information Posts Ownership You Like It

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“We all have a history of digital texts, posts, messages, reposts/tweets that are sitting out there and can be used by anyone for any reason.”

Reason Used Messages Sitting Posts Digital Tweet

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“Linking without permission is stealing. Period, end of story.”

Ends Stories Internet Periods Stealing Free Speech Permission

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Born: July 31, 1958
Known for: Businessman
Quotes: 258

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