“My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”

When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.

Your business, and your brand must first let people know what you care about and that you care about them.

Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks.

Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force.

In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

Nothing is easy, but who wants nothing?

I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

So many people are on television that don’t know me, and they’re like experts on me.

That’s my attitude on the military. I don’t like telling the enemy what I’m doing.

Our country is being run by incompetent people.

To be honest I inherited a mess. It’s a mess. At home and abroad, a mess.

The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals.

I am never tired of winning, and as your president I will win for you, the American people. I’m with you!

No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.

The budget was unlimited, but I exceeded it.

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.

I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.

The thing I love about Donald, it’s time this country is run by a businessman and not people with their hands out, and Donald doesn’t have his hands out.

My dad was a terrible businessman.

In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.

The small businessman is smart; he realizes there’s no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.

The artist as businessman is uglier than the businessman as artist.