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Culture Is Very Important To The Mavs.... It Isn't About Who Talks The Most Or The Loudest. It Is About The Demeanor And Attitude He Brings.

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Culture Is Very Important To The Mavs.... It Isn't About Who Talks The Most Or The Loudest. It Is About The Demeanor And Attitude He Brings.

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Business Relationship

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Always Look For The Fool In The Deal. If You Don't Find One, It's You.

Black And White

Don't Start A Company Unless It's An Obsession And Something You Love. If You Have An Exit Strategy, It's Not An Obsession.

We All Have A History Of Digital Texts, Posts, Messages, Reposts/tweets That Are Sitting Out There And Can Be Used By Anyone For Any Reason.

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.

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 All Know Or Have Read About Someone Who Has Been Burned On Social Media. We Have Taught Our Kids Not To Post Pictures Publicly That Could Impact Their Future, But We Have Not Yet Taught Ourselves That Texts, Messages And Social Media Posts Could Be Used Just As Maliciously Or With As Much Downside As Pictures.

Wherever There Is Change, And Wherever There Is Uncertainty, There Is Opportunity!

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.

If You Are Active Online Or Texting, There Is A Good Chance I Could Look At What You Do And Know More About You Than Your Family.

Recessions Are The Best Time To Start A Company. Companies Fail. Others Hold Back Capital. If You Are Willing To Do The Preparation And Work, It Is The Best Time To Invest In Yourself And Start A Business.

If Ayn Rand Were An Up-and-coming Author Today, She Wouldn't Write About Steel Or Railroads, It Would Be Net Neutrality.

I Can Turn An Idea Into A Business Before You Know It's Going To Be Important. My First Step Will Blow By You.

Ideas Are Easy. I've Never Met A Single Person Who Didn't Think They Had A World Class Idea. The Hard Part Is Making It A Business.

Most People Think It's All About The Idea. It's Not. Everyone Has Ideas. The Hard Part Is Doing The Homework To Know If The Idea Could Work In An Industry, Then Doing The Preparation To Be Able To Execute On The Idea.

I'm The Type That Thinks If You Don't Learn From History, You're Doomed To Repeat It.

You Never Win Any Games You Don't Play.

The Nba (national Basketball Association) Is Never Just A Business. It's Always Business. It's Always Personal. All Good Businesses Are Personal. The Best Businesses Are Very Personal.

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It Doesn't Matter How Many Times You Fail. It Doesn't Matter How Many Times You Almost Get It Right. No-one Is Going To Know Or Care About Your Failures, And Neither Should You. All You Have To Do Is Learn From Them And Those Around You. All That Matters In Business Is That You Get It Right Once. Then Everyone Can Tell You How Lucky You Are.

I Learned How To Become Wealthy Because I Asked The Right Questions When I Was Broke.

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Brains Are Far More Important Than Money Or Connections. Everyone And Anyone Can Create A Business Out Of Their Bedroom.

Patent Law Holds Us Back, In Every Which Way, Shape Or Form. There Is Place For It, In Physical Products, In Pharmaceuticals, But In Software In Particular, There Is No Place For It.

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Sweat Equity Is The Most Valuable Equity There Is. Know Your Business And Industry Better Than Anyone Else In The World. Love What You Do Or Don't Do It.

Yes. And Release Prisoners Who Are Incarcerated For Pot.

When You First Start Working For Me, Directly For Me, I Micromanage Until I Trust You.

It's Not In The Dreaming, It's In The Doing.

It's Not Whether The Glass Is Half Empty Or Half Full, It's Who Is Pouring The Water. The Key In Business And Success At Any Endeavor Is Doing Your Best To Control Your Destiny. You Can't Always Do It, But You Have To Take Every Opportunity You Can To Be As Prepared As-and Ahead Of-the Competition As You Possibly Can Be.

Am I Crazy To Spend [millions] In Contracts When I Have The Chance To Get Three Layers Deep Into The Playoffs?

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.

I Love Helping Entrepreneurs. It's Something I Really Have Fun Doing. It's Like Planting A Little Seed And Watching It Grow. Any Time I Can Help Somebody, That's A Good Thing. It's Fun. If I Get To Make Some Money At It, It's Even Better.

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.

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