Mark Cuban

“I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.”

“Traditional TV will have to innovate their TV delivery software in new ways beyond just offering their content in an app in order to change the viewing erosion of TV.”

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

“I'm not against government involvement in times of need. I am for recognizing that big public companies will continue to cut jobs in an effort to prop up stock prices, which in turn stimulates the need for more government involvement.”

“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.”

“But we have to ask ourselves, what's the purpose of the stock market? It's supposed to be a source of capital for growing business. It's lost that purpose.”

“Donald Trump I wouldn't trust as far as I could throw him.”

“Anyone who says he is an expert in the market is lying to you. There is no such thing.”

“Wherever I see people doing something the way it's always been done, the way it's 'supposed' to be done, following the same old trends, well, that's just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else.”

“I can't say it enough that learning how to learn is one of the greatest skills anyone can have. It's why I advocate that everyone go to college.”

“Liquidity is a good proxy for relative net worth. You can't lie about cash, stocks, and bond values.”

“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.”

“What I've learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you'll find that you put the time in. You won't just ask somebody if it's a good idea, you'll go figure out if it's a good idea.”

“With health care, despite the fact that we as a nation have already chosen to provide health care in one form or another to everyone, we have, until Obamacare, chosen to pick the least cost-effective means, a mix of private and public offerings, of providing that care. That makes no sense.”

“Up until Trump announced his candidacy, the conventional wisdom was that you had to be a professional politician in order to run. You had to have a background that was politically scrubbed. In other words, smart people who didn't live perfect lives could never run.”

“It's not about money or connections. It's the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.”

“If you are good enough to compete for a top-level corporate job, you should be smart enough to know what the job pays the other gender and negotiate accordingly. If you are an employer, and you don't pay an employee market wages, regardless of gender or orientation, you will end up with what you deserve.”

“After military service, the most patriotic thing you can do as a wealthy person is pay your taxes.”

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

“I had a Taco Bell audition where I had to wear a huge sombrero and walk around like an idiot. I got call-backs for the movie 'Twister,' did small independent stuff that I won't name. But it led to all my breakthrough moments on 'Entourage.'”