Marques Brownlee

“As far as tech videos go, we try to present things as realistically as possible.”

“I had an Ultimate jersey on in my first video. I get a lot of comments about it, because a lot of tech people don't know anything about Ultimate.”

“YouTubers are not taken as seriously as the written press, which is strange.”

“I guess for me, I keep saying the words 'consumer electronics,' 'consumer tech' - the biggest purchase decisions people make a lot of times are the phones they buy and the tech they buy. To be able to influence other people's decisions on that front is pretty game changing.”

“In my 100th video, I gave a shout-out to the 78 subscribers I had at that point. And I was stoked at that point just to have that many who cared about what I had to say.”

“The closest thing I have to a manager is my parents, for all their words of wisdom and business experience.”

“But, I think I first got into cars because of an electric car - it was the Tesla. And then, just the fact that they are such high-tech products. There's automated driving. There's battery technology, all the other stuff that goes into it.”

“A lot of the companies I work with, they're not returning my calls or emails on weekends. So weekends are weekends for Ultimate.”

“I know everyone has a different taste as far as personal technology - like, smartphones are maybe the most personal decision you can make - so I don't know if I can recommend one thing for everyone. But, I do like the idea of everyone moving, eventually, to an electric car.”

“Believe it or not, you actually need your phone to be able to flex a little bit.”

“Without contacts, I'm almost blind.”

“I'm really happy that YouTube is as complete and successful as it is, to the point where, when things do go wrong, they'll hear about it from every direction.”

“When I sit down and make videos, my No. 1 thought is that I want to make a video that I want to watch.”

“A lot of journalists don't want to conflate their own opinions with those of their employers... With a YouTube video, you can be as personal or as journalistic as you want.”

“I guess I lean toward being an optimist, as far as improving tech being good for people, but that's not to say there are not potential downsides, and you have to stay aware of those downsides.”

“The truth is a lot of people doing professional video editing and things like that are using these displays that are mounted in place and they have stands already. When they upgrade displays, they take them out and put them in the same place and they don't need to buy new mounts and new stands for them.”

“Folding in is better than folding out. Folding out is cool, and it looks potentially better... but I don't think that's the way to use a folding phone.”

“I went so far with school, so I might as well just finish. Getting my degree is something I'll be really happy about.”

“When I first started making the videos, I didn't tell anyone about it.”

“I have a SIM card ejector tool everywhere I go. It's probably not a normal thing to have, but as a guy who's moving between phones often, I kind of have to have one.”