Quotes from Paul Tudor Jones

Much of my adult life has been spent fighting for equal opportunity, and the idea that I would support limiting opportunity for any segment of society, particularly women, is antithetical to who I am and what I have done.

I'm always thinking about losing money as opposed to making money. Don't focus on making money, focus on protecting what you have

If life ever ceased to be an educational experience. I probably wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Always question yourself and your ability. Don't ever feel that you are very good. The second you do, you are dead.

That cotton trade was almost the deal breaker for me. It was at that point that I said, "Mr. Stupid, why risk everything on one trade? Why not make your life a pursuit of happiness rather than pain?

We have ripped the humanity out of our companies. It's threatening the very underpinnings of our society.

There is no training, classroom or otherwise, that can prepare for trading the last third of a move, whether it's the end of a bull market or the end of a bear market.

Trading gives you an incredibly intense feeling of what life is all about.

As I've told my three daughters, all of whom I've at one time encouraged to go into macro trading, any man or woman can do anything to which they set their heart and mind.

I believe that great success is possible in any field — from music to mathematics to macro trading.

The secret to being successful from a trading perspective is to have an indefatigable and an undying and unquenchable thirst for information and knowledge.

Trading is very competitive and you have to be able to handle getting your butt kicked.

You will never see as many great women investors or traders as men. Period. End of story.

Intellectual capital will always trump financial capital.

Macro-trading requires a high degree of skill, focus and repetition. Life events, such as birth, divorce, death of a loved one and other emotional highs and lows are obstacles to success in this specific field of finance.

First of all, never play macho man with the market. Second, never overtrade.

There's such an emphasis on making money that we've really taken the humanity out of business.

Sometimes failure is merely chasing you off the wrong road and onto the right one.