Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes

Patience is grossly underestimated.

It's not about what you're saying, it's about how you listen.

Saying hello doesn't have an ROI. It's about building relationships.

Be reactionary. React to what the market wants. And the market wants one-on-one real time engagement. Now that we have the tools to engage, I'm going to continue fighting for the end user.

We only get to play this game one time, one life.

I don't want anybody to not recognize how appreciative I am of the volume of e-mails I get.

Passion is contagioius.

When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.

The reason I became successful is because I touched. I touched my community.

Keep saying hello to people. They will be the differentiator for you for the rest of your life.

Good salespeople sell value and social media is the best place to find this value because of its transparency.

The skill sets it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, a successful marketer, or a relevant celebrity is a different skill set than you needed ten years ago, even though that was the skill set that mattered for decades.

It's a very painful, eye-opening experience to realize, "Wait a minute, my dad actually doesn't want me to be successful because he's not happy." Whether you call it misery loves company, it's not like parents are bad people. It's a human trait. It's just a thing.

I genuinely believe that any business can create a competitive advantage through giving outstanding customer care.

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

When people are using their devices, it's probable that almost half are networking on social media.

What's the ROI of your mum? You can't put a value on a relationship.

All your ideas may be solid or even good .. But you have to Actually EXECUTE on them for them to matter.

Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.

Jets are probably $2.7 or $2.8 billion. I'm nowhere close to that. The good news is I don't want to buy the Jets tomorrow. I love the journey of being an entrepreneur more than I like of the idea of buying the Jets.

Storytelling is by far the most underrated skill in business.

It's easy to dream about it ... Much harder to execute it ....Work!

You didn't grow up driving...you figured it out.

Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, what do I want to do everyday for the rest of my life. Do that!

Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.

I have Internet fame. Real fame is more intense.

Pour your heart and soul into your business. People will notice.

When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.

I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.

I hate how many people think "glass half-empty" when their glass is really four-fifths full. I'm grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it.

A lot of people can play the piano, but not everyone can be Billy Joel.

I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.

I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.

True success - financial, personal, and professional - lies above all in loving your family, working hard, and living your passion. In telling your story. In authenticity, hustle, and patience. In caring fiercely about the big and the small stuff. In valuing legacy over currency.

I am aware of the talent I was gifted and had to execute against it. It is just being very self aware and betting on your best strength.

I think the opposite version of me is the one we don't see, which is there are tens of thousands of outrageously successful businesses of very quiet, very calculated, calm executors who are confident. You can't be successful without being confident. They believe in themselves. They have their own version of assertiveness ... I think confidence matters and I think other things matter, like I would tell you empathy is probably why I'm more successful than confidence. I'm empathic to the customer, to my business partners, to my employees.

I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.

I think what's happening for me, it's fun to see other things besides Facebook and Twitter take hold. The maturity of Tumblr as a real player is exciting. I think Pinterest has proved to be a major player. It's fun to see Instagram become a major player. It's fun to watch things like SnapChat, and Vine, try to vie to be the next thing.

You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.

Vince McMahon is one of the greatest storytellers of all time, but WWE's not striving for the kind of innovation it's capable of.

Hustle is the most important word--EVER.

Make every decision based on your last years of life instead of your next 10.

The first thing I ever invested in was Twitter. Blaine Cook, former CTO, was leaving the company and asked me if I wanted to buy his stock.

I have no understanding as to why you wouldn't try to make what you're passionate about work for you.

Your story needs to move people’s spirits and build their goodwill, so that when you finally do ask them to buy from you, they feel like you’ve given them so much it would be almost rude to refuse.

It’s not about how much you sleep. It’s what you do while you’re awake.

You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other.

The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative.

Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.

I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care.

Social marketing is now a 24-7 job.

I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.

The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.

Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.

When we launched the WineLibrary website in 1996, I didn't even own a computer yet. I just understood that there was an opportunity here to market in a different way.

There is never a bad time to start a business - unless you want to start a mediocre one.

If there's a problem, we at Wine Library never tell ourselves that once we handle this issue, we'll never have to deal with the person again. We talk to every single person as though we're going to wind up sitting next to that person at his or her mother's house that night for dinner.

Think of social media as the Internet. I can't think of anyone betting against the Internet in 2012.

Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization.

Effort is grossly underrated.