ADVERSITY

I was dead for six minutes, told I'd never walk again, went broke, and got cancer. I'm still here. Your excuses are invalid.

Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument.

I had a choice: I could let what happened to me define me, or I could use it to build something better.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

I've been sued, threatened, and harassed for 20 years. That's the cost of telling the truth about overvalued stocks.

I was homeless for six years trying to make my first play work. Six years. Most people quit after six months.

My father's death shaped everything. You either let tragedy destroy you or you use it as fuel.

Suffering is the great teacher. The moments that break you are the moments that make you.

I've been through more adversity than most people can imagine. And I'm still here.

My 2014 suspension was the worst year of my life and the best thing that ever happened to me.

I learned more from my time in prison than from any boardroom.

I've navigated bankruptcy courts, political scandals, and federal indictments. I'm still standing.

The 2008 crash nearly killed me. I owed billions. But I negotiated, survived, and came back stronger.

I was fired from ICM. Best thing that ever happened to me. I started Endeavor the next week.

2016 nearly killed us. We lost money, lost investors, lost people. But we rebuilt. The fund today is 10 times stronger than before.

I got laid off from Siemens. Learned to code. Built the largest decentralized exchange in the world. Unemployment was the best thing that happened to me.

I lost $4 billion in one day. The phone didn't stop ringing. Most of the calls were from people I thought were friends.

I grew up during the NATO bombing of Serbia. When you have practiced tennis while bombs fall, nothing on a tennis court scares you.

Banks wouldn't lend to a 25-year-old woman starting a biotech company in 1978. So I started with $200 in my garage.

They mocked me for being a peasant. That was the best motivation anyone ever gave me.