How to Win at the Sport of Business Quotes

“What makes a good salesperson? Let me be clear that it’s not the person who can talk someone into anything. It’s not the hustler who is a smooth talker. The best salespeople are the ones who put themselves in their customer’s shoes and provide a solution that makes the customer happy.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Effort is measured by setting goals and getting results.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

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

“Investors don’t care about your dreams and goals. They love that you have them. They love that you are motivated by them. Investors care about how they are going to get their money back and then some. Family cares about your dreams. Investors care about money.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Rule #1: Sweat equity is the best startup capital”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Relaxing is for the other guy. I may be sitting in front of the TV, but I’m not watching it unless I think there is something I can learn from it. I’m thinking about things I can use in my business and the TV is just there.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Never settle. There is no reason to rush.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Everyone has got the will to win; it’s only those with the will to prepare that do win.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“In business, to be a success, you only have to be right once.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“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.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“I had taken a few classes in real-world business and got paid for it instead of paying tuition,”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“In sports, the only thing a player can truly control is effort. The same applies to business. The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“I read every book and magazine I could. Heck, three bucks for a magazine, twenty bucks for a book. One good idea would lead to a customer or a solution, and those magazines and books paid for themselves many times over. Some of the ideas I read were good, some not. In doing all the reading I learned a valuable lesson.
Everything I read was public. Anyone could buy the same books and magazines. The same information was available to anyone who wanted it. Turns out most people didn't want it.
I remember going into customer meetings or talks or go to people in the industry and tossing out tidbits about software or hardware. Features that worked, bugs in the software. All things I had read. I expected the ongoing response of: "Oh yeah, I read that too in such-and-such." That's not what happened. They hadn't read it then, and they still haven't starting reading it.
Most people won't put in the time to get a knowledge advantage. Sure, there were folks that worked hard at picking up every bit of information that they could, but we were few and far between. To this day, I feel like if I put in enough time consuming all the information available, particularly with the internet making it so readily accessible, I can get an advantage in any technology business. Of course, my wife hates that I read more than three hours almost every day, but it gives me a level of comfort and confidence in my businesses.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“The sport of business is the ultimate competition. It’s 7 × 24 × 365 × forever.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“I have done well enough financially that I don’t have to play 24 × 7 × 365. I can and have cut back to 18 × 7 × 365. Family first, now.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“It’s not whom you know. It’s not how much money you have. It’s very simple. It’s whether or not you have the edge and have the guts to use it.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Always ask yourself how someone could preempt your products or service. How can they put you out of business? Is it price? Is it service? Is it ease of use? No product is perfect and if there are good competitors in your market, they will figure out how to abuse you. It’s always better if you are honest with yourself and anticipate where the problems will co​me from.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

“Finding the right job is a lot like dating. It's hard until you start, then when you start, it's great until it's not. Then it's frustrating as hell until you get it right. But when you do, it all comes together.”
― Mark Cuban, How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It