Quotes from Mark Cuban

Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is next on the list.

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.

In my mind, a good leader would say, 'OK, I need to sit down and talk to the guys who oppose me. Let me let them voice their opinions; let me get their thought process.'

None of us have pure thoughts; we all live in glass houses.

In my opinion, right now there's way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind them.

Do it because you love it. Then it's not a job. I'm a geek. I love technology. I would be online working with technology regardless of what my day job is.

In today's world of technology we should no longer be using outdated paper processes to accomplish tasks such as requisitions, reports, approvals, and purchase orders

If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I'm investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur.

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

If you really want to know where your destiny lies, look at where you apply your time.

As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome.

You learn in life that a lot of things are the result of effort, but some things, in terms of scale, are random.

I just try to have a good time, enjoy my family, enjoy my life. I was having a blast when I was poor, and I'm having maybe a little bit more now that I've got something in the bank.

Money is a scoreboard where you can rank how you're doing against other people.

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.

To be a billionaire, you have got to get lucky.

I used to drive around looking at the big houses, wondering how they got there. I used to love biographies about successful business people, wondering how they got there. You start to realize that if they can do it, I can do it.

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 believe in lower taxes. I believe in more efficient government. I believe in reducing bureaucracy. I believe that we shouldn't have lobbyists who can go in or former government workers who can come back and lobby.

I grew up in a working class family. People thought I might go work at a mill. My mom wanted me to learn how to lay carpet because she was concerned about my future. Nobody had high hopes for me. But I was a hustler.

One thing we can all control is effort. Put in the time to become an expert in whatever you're doing. It will give you an advantage because most people don't do this.

Time is the most valuable asset you don't own.

Everyday I look in the mirror and make sure I don't pinch myself so I don't wake up. I don't take it for granted. All the time I say: 'Why me?'

Love what you do or don't do it.