In order to be successful, you have to make sure that being rejected doesn’t bother you at all.
BILL ACKMAN
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Bill AckmanBill Ackman I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.
Bill AckmanBill Ackman Everyone told me it was a really stupid idea to start my own hedge fund right out of business school. That’s how I knew that it was a good idea.
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Bill AckmanBill Ackman 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.
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