Cuban Quotes

Yes. And release prisoners who are incarcerated for pot. — Mark Cuban

If you've got $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, you're better off paying off any debt you have because that's a guaranteed return. — Mark Cuban

Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. — Mark Cuban

Those back-to-back experiences confirmed what I already knew: That I was a shitty-ass employee and I'd better start my own business. — Mark Cuban

Happiness is a dry martini and a good woman ... or a bad woman. — George Burns

The miracle of Grenada is how quickly the Cuban workers beat their plowshares into Soviet AK-47s. — William Cohen

I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood. — Yul Vazquez

There are no shortcuts. NONE. — Mark Cuban

In 1934 there were very few Cubans in Miami. — Desi Arnaz

I promise all Cuban mothers that I will never will make them weep. — Fidel Castro

If I can do it, you can do it. — Mark Cuban

In my opinion, right now there's way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind them. — Mark Cuban

Love makes the world go around, but so does a gallon of vodka and a box of Cuban cigars. — Lois Greiman

The Cuban Missile Crisis. It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure. — Dana Perino

I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian. — Soledad O'Brien

I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift! — Odette Annable

Maria Canals-Barrera is Cuban and from Miami and I'm part Cuban and from Miami, so needless to say she became a quick friend. — Bella Thorne

When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? — Mark Cuban

I can turn an idea into a business before you know it's going to be important. My first step will blow by you. — Mark Cuban

The sport of business is the ultimate competition. It's 7 x 24 x 365 x forever. — Mark Cuban

There is only one thing in life you can control: Your own effort. — Mark Cuban

Brains are far more important than money or connections. Everyone and anyone can create a business out of their bedroom. — Mark Cuban

Pay off your debt first. Freedom from debt is worth more than any amount you can earn. — Mark Cuban

We're eyeball to eyeball ... and I think the other fellow just blinked. — Dean Rusk

Focus on building the best possible business. If you are great, people will notice and opportunities will appear. — Mark Cuban

Credit cards are the WORST investment that you can make. — Mark Cuban

I prefer to think of it as burning down their crops. [when asked why he - a fervent anti-Communist - smoked Cuban cigars] — Alexander Meigs Haig Jr.

I grew up eating Cuban food all the time. — Ted Cruz

The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything. — Mark Cuban

There is no sport as competitive as business. It's 24 by 7 by 365 by forever. — Mark Cuban

If I own stock in your company and you move offshore for tax reasons I'm selling your stock. There are enough investment choices here — Mark Cuban

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. — Mark Cuban

Try telling a Cuban: 'You should pay higher rent, or pay for your own healthcare' ... There is no serious opposition to the current government. — Saul Landau

Every 'No' gets me closer to a 'Yes'. — Mark Cuban

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are. — Mark Cuban

Can't say no one makes money from Twitter now. The NBA does. — Mark Cuban

Do your homework and know your business better than anyone. Otherwise, someone who knows more and works harder will kick your ass. — Mark Cuban

I grow up in the States, in Miami, but I was born in Guatemala, and my father's Cuban, and in 'Body of Lies,' I played an Iraqi. — Oscar Isaac

Get me selling and I can figure out the industry. Once I can figure out the industry I can start a business in that industry. — Mark Cuban

It's not the dreaming, it's the doing. — Mark Cuban

I love sleeping. If there was an Olympics for it, I'd take gold. I'm Cuban. We love to sleep. — Eva Mendes

Know your stuff. Have an angle. Know how to grow business, how to develop products, have patents and an undeveloped market that could be huge. — Mark Cuban

I was lucky. I grew up knowing that hard work and smart work has a greater impact on results than being passionate about something. — Mark Cuban

Even when I had nothing, I had everything. Because I love to compete. — Mark Cuban

I'd rather be tired than broke! — Mark Cuban

Socially, the Cuban revolution created an education system and health service that remain the envy of much of the neo-liberal world. — Tariq Ali

Once you are prepared and you think you have every angle of preparation covered, you have to go for it. — Mark Cuban

Never settle. There is no need to rush. — Mark Cuban

Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you. — Mark Cuban

Effort is measured by setting goals and getting results. — Mark Cuban

Younger Cuban Americans who have decided to go to the island always come back telling me "that isn't the country my grandparents have told me about." — Mark Falcoff

The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort. — Mark Cuban

Executives should blog if they have a vision they are trying to communicate, or if they are very visible in the media. — Mark Cuban

Being successful entails being able to not only get along with people, but also to give something back — Mark Cuban

Am I crazy to spend [millions] in contracts when I have the chance to get three layers deep into the playoffs? — Mark Cuban

When I got to the Mavericks people were all giving me advice - change this, change that - and one thing that I didn't do was fire anybody. — Mark Cuban

It's not about money or connections. It's the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. — Mark Cuban

The thrill of victory in business blows away the thrill of victory in sports. Business is a sport 24/7/365. — Mark Cuban

I think that one of the great things that the Cuban revolution has done is preserve history. — Assata Shakur

I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill. — Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

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. — Mark Cuban

I love to compete. I want to get out there and kick your ass in the business world. That is what inspires me. — Mark Cuban

The Cuban-born Mario Algaze has a Chambian way of collapsing present and past. — Holland Cotter

It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it — Mark Cuban

I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted. — Oscar Nunez

Every job I took was really me getting paid to learn about a new industry. — Mark Cuban

We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans. — Ed Koch

I smoke really good cigars, I don't smoke Cuban cigars. I would never do anything as Un-American as smoke a decent cigar. — Ron White

Love what you do or don't do it. — Mark Cuban

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

I'm learning Cuban. It's like Spanish, but with fewer words for luxury items. — Emo Philips

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. — Mark Cuban

Everyone tells you how they are going to be "special", but few do the work to get there. Do the work. — Mark Cuban

Forget about finding your passion. Instead, focus on finding big problems. — Mark Cuban

You never win any games you don't play. — Mark Cuban

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I wake up every day just fired up. My one rule is, don't let anyone pinch me, because I don't want to wake up. — Mark Cuban

One thing we can all control is effort — Mark Cuban

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is that we lie to ourselves. We don't step back and look at ourselves like a competitor would. — Mark Cuban

President Obama's actions are an unconscionable betrayal of America's fundamental values and a profound insult to the oppressed Cuban people. — Mario Diaz-Balart

Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts. — Mark Cuban

Companies fail for lack of brains and effort. — Mark Cuban

I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba. — Yoenis Cespedes

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments. — Mark Cuban

Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water. — Mark Cuban

I tend to listen to country music more than Cuban music. — Ted Cruz

All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal. — Mark Cuban

As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome. — Mark Cuban

Everyone has got the will to win; it's only those with the will to prepare that do win. — Mark Cuban

Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world.They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do. — Jeffrey Goldberg

When I die, I want to come back as me. — Mark Cuban

If you don't follow the stock market, you are missing some amazing drama. — Mark Cuban

Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability. — Mark Cuban

I love being naked. I do everything in the nude, even the gardening! We're Cuban, and it's a hot island. Why not go nude? — Eva Mendes

Only morons start a business on a loan? — Mark Cuban

Most people think money is the key to reducing risk. Prepartion is. — Mark Cuban

Cuban-heeled stockings; not the sort of thing you could buy for another man's wife. — Ashley Warlick

What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock. — Jack Bruce

Business is the marketplace of ideas. — Mark Cuban

Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you. — Mark Cuban