Mark Cuban

Sweat equity is the best equity.

Someone is out there looking to put you out of business. Someone is out there who thinks they have a better idea than you have. A better solution than you have. A better or more efficient product than you have.

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.

I learned how to become wealthy because I asked the right questions when I was broke.

Selling is never about convincing. It is always about helping.

It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it

If you've got $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, you're better off paying off any debt you have because that's a guaranteed return.

What I do know, at least what I think I have learned from my experiences in business, is that when there is a rush for everyone to do the same thing, it becomes more difficult to do. Not easier. Harder.

I'm a believer that you accomplish much, much more with direct relationships than by using an intermediary. And that cash you keep in the bank can be the difference between staying alive as a small business, or not.

Higher education is a business that doesn’t know it’s going out of business.

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.

All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

Sales Cure All. Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales.

There is no sport as competitive as business. It's 24 by 7 by 365 by forever.

Know your core competencies and focus on being great at them. Pay up for people in your core competencies. Get the best. Outside the core competencies, hire people that fit your culture but are cheap.

In these times of the "Great Recession", we shouldn't be trying to shift the benefits of wealth behind some curtain. We should be celebrating and encouraging people to make as much money as they can. Profits equal tax money. While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic.

I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It's always on. There is always someone trying to beat me.

Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't 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.

Ideas are easy. I've never met a single person who didn't think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business.

The beauty of success, whether it’s finding the girl of your dreams, the right job or financial success, is that it doesn’t matter how many times you have failed, you only have to be right once.