Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban is an American businessman and investor. He is the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures, and is the chairman of the HDTV cable network AXS TV. He is also a "shark" investor on the television series, Shark Tank. In 2011, Cuban wrote an e-book, How to Win at the Sport of Business, in which he chronicles his life experiences in business and sports...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth31 July 1958
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
There is no sport as competitive as business. It's 24 by 7 by 365 by forever.
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.
The thrill of victory in business blows away the thrill of victory in sports. Business is a sport 24/7/365.
Business is a sport and I want to win. I want to kick your ass. I may not win every game. But I certainly am going to try.
Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.
Sports, music, movies - basically, fans of any form of entertainment don't do a resume analysis before picking their favorite.
The sport of business is the ultimate competition. It's 7 × 24 × 365 × forever.
I love the competitive aspect of it [business]. It's like playing chess. Why do people play chess? Knowing the realm of moves? Even when you get to be a chess master, there are other chess masters you want to beat or outperform. And to me business is just a sport that I love to compete in; a continuous intellectual challenge that really motivates me.
We don't sell wins or losses. The one thing you can't control in sports is which games you are going to win or which games you are going to lose. But what I could control was the experience the fans have.
To me business is a sport. I love knowing that 24x7x365xforever I'm competing with people I don't know. To build my businesses. To come up with new ideas. To come up with better ideas. That motivates me.
I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It's always on. There is always someone trying to beat me.
It would be a little hypocritical of me. I don't care how they dress. I do care how they act.
The template for success in the NBA changed from the Portland model of 1999-2000, when I got to the league, to the Detroit, San Antonio, Miami model. Although we have succeeded on the court to the point of five straight 50-plus win seasons, we certainly didn't do it 'the best way.' We did it the most expensive way. It cost us flexibility and created lots of bad habits. That was my mistake, and it ended up costing us Mike (Finley).
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