When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

entrepreneurshipriskTED Talk, 2013

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

mindsetsuccessInterview, 2012

The first step is to establish that something is possible. Then probability will occur.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

failureinnovationSpaceX press conference, 2014

I could either watch it happen or be part of it.

entrepreneurshipactionInterview on PayPal era, 2007

Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. This improves the odds of success.

worksuccessReddit AMA, 2012
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