"I was lucky. I grew up knowing that hard work and smart work has a greater impact on results than being passionate about something."
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"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."
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"Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort."
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"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."
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"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."
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"The NBA (National Basketball Association) is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal."
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"If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, I'm walking to the other side of the street. And if on that side of the street, there's a guy that has tattoos all over his face, white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere, I'm walking back to the other side of the street, and the list goes on of stereotypes that we all live up to and are fearful of."
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"There are no shortcuts. You have to work hard, and try to put yourself in a position where if luck strikes, you can see the opportunity and take advantage of it."
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"I'm always afraid of failing. It's great motivation to work harder."
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"All you need is a laptop or a PC and an Internet connection and you can pretty much do almost anything and create almost any type of company."
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"Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich."
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"What I’ve learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment."
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"I rarely think the market is right. I believe non dividend stocks aren't much more than baseball cards. They are worth what you can convince someone to pay for it."
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"Culture is very important to the Mavs.... It isn't about who talks the most or the loudest. It is about the demeanor and attitude he brings."
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"I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always."
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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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"It's not the dreaming, it's the doing."
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"I retired at twenty-nine, bought a life-time pass on American Airlines and my only goal in life was to party like a mad man and get drunk with as many people as possible. And I was happy right there. But when we started the streaming business, I knew it could be something big."
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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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"Creating opportunities means looking where others are not."
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