When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
I would do anything short of an illegal act to keep this company going.
I was 22 when I started this. People told me I was too young to build a healthcare company. But the kids we treat are 15, 16, 17. They couldn't wait for me to get older.
I lost seven buildings in one year. Seven. Most people would have retired. I started planning the tallest residential tower in New York. What else was I going to do — play golf?
I walked into rooms where I was the only Black person and the assumption was always that I was there to park someone's car. Then I bought the building. That changes assumptions quickly.
The biggest thing that separates successful startups from failed ones is the sheer determination of the founders.
I opened my first electronics stall with $1,800. My entire life savings. If it failed, I had nothing. So I made sure it didn't fail.
I don't want to stop racing. I want to race until I physically can't anymore.
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
Every time someone tries to count me out, it fires me up more. That's just how I am wired.
I built Destiny's Child from nothing. Not from a record label's money. From belief, from discipline, and from never accepting no.
Huawei is like a wolf. We hunt in packs and we do not stop until we catch the prey.
They mocked me for being a peasant. That was the best motivation anyone ever gave me.
Every day I go to work I think about the thousands of Crane Bank employees and depositors. That is what keeps me going in the courts.
Everyone told me it couldn't be done. I just did not believe them. That is the only edge I have ever had.
I didn't fight to get out of that fire to give up. I never give up.
We are going to get this pipeline built. We have committed to this project and we are going to see it through.