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Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.

Mark Cuban

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Mark Cuban
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 31
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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, and imagine what it would be like to live there and use that as motivation.
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The one thing in life you can control is your effort. Are there any shortcuts in the beauty business? No. That was the first lesson I learned. You can't just rocket to the top.
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Just watch. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I'm just telling you, when you've got a good thing and you get greedy, it always, always, always, always, always turns on you. That's rule No. 1 of business.
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There is only one thing in life you can control: Your own effort.
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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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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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Communicate with your fans or customers. They know we live in an ever changing world. If you tell them what you are thinking and why you are doing what you do, as I did with my blog regarding Nash leaving, they will respect and support you more.
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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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Patent law holds us back, in every which way, shape or form. There is place for it, in physical products, in pharmaceuticals, but in software in particular, there is no place for it.
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My first company was MicroSolutions. I worked 20 hours a day. I didn't take a vacation for 7 years. I didn't even take the time to read a fiction book. It was all about work. When I sold it, I promised myself I would never wear a watch and only wear a suit to weddings, funerals and to meet the President.
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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.
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The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.
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If you really want to know where your destiny lies, look at where you apply your time.
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In every job, I would justify it in my mind, whether I loved it or hated it, that I was getting paid to learn and every experience would be of value when I figured out what I wanted to do when I grew up.
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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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In business, to be a success, you only have to be right once.
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If you're looking where everybody else is looking, you're looking in the wrong spot.
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Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.
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Sales is the most important aspect of a company, which in turn is about how well you treat your customer and stay ahead of your customer's requirements.
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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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