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We invest generally in very good companies that have lost their way. And with better management, enormous value can be created.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman Ultimately, investors are – are only as good as their track records.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman Let me win? That doesn’t exist in my house. No one lets anyone win. Fight to the death.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman You can learn investing by reading books.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman Investing is one of the few things you can learn on your own.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman What motivates people to succeed? Sex. People don’t like to admit it, but it’s the primal driver.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman I love what I do. I don’t do it for the money. I work on behalf of investors that I like and want to do well for. I’m a competitive person.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman What I love about tennis is that I’m better now than I was when I was 20.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman I’m a very straightforward person. I say precisely what I think. Sometimes it rubs people the wrong way.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman I want to have one of the great investment records of all time.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman I’m not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making – just the facts.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman I think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman Experience is making mistakes and learning from them.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman In order to be successful, you have to make sure that being rejected doesn’t bother you at all.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman What the market tells you in the short term is what a certain subset of people believe. That doesn’t mean they’re right.
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