Dan Bilzerian Quotes

I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.

Don't get me wrong: I've had a lot of fortune, to come where I've come from, to be able to move to Europe, to go racing. But I had that fortune behind me. I grabbed it with both hands, and I made the best of it.

That's what I tell all the kids who come to my summer camps: 'You'll get a shot; it's about what you do with it.'

You look at it as a privilege. So you really decide that you're going to put the time in and work really hard to get to the point where you're ready.

Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.

I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.

Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.

I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.

Whether you make the most of an opportunity depends on if you are prepared. Learn your craft, every aspect of it. Eat it, drink it, sleep it, then when you are the most prepared, you can make the most of it.

We bring our preparation to the table, and opportunity may present itself, and if you are well prepared, you can seize opportunity and then maybe something good happens, and you call that luck.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others.

In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.

People either think I'm this totally savage, idiot-savant genius guy who's lucked out or they think I'm a super-manipulative crafty businessman, this kind of MBA guy who's spotted a gap in the market and knows how to create a product for it. It's flattering, but I've not got that much of a gameplan.

I got a lot of opportunities and I was able to make the best of them.

It's not about having luck; it's about putting yourself in a position of luck.

I've worked hard, for sure, but like anything, it takes a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, and then making the most of the opportunity.

I think success is what you make of it - of course there is always the factor of luck, but one should always be equipped to seize the moment when opportunity knocks.

I went to business school so what they teach you in business school was that success is about positioning yourself to get lucky. It's not just about how hard you work. It is also about a little bit of luck. To position yourself to catch the luck when it comes.

Yes, I was given a privileged position at a young age. But if I had not been willing to work hard and prepare myself for all the challenges I would face, I would not have held on to my position all these years, regardless of my family ties.

I don't believe in rituals that produce luck. I believe that a good preparation can raise my chances for a callback. With that, I know what I need to do, so I go in there and do my best.

Play the black card expertly, and you can win awards, make millions - all the while claiming that the people who got you there somehow hate you.

There is no question that I was given a lot of interesting and unique opportunities growing up... But I think people often misunderstand that I work as hard and want things just as badly as anybody else.

People believed I was fed with a silver spoon in my mouth, but I fought for everything that I have.