Diamond Dallas Page Quotes

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

If you want to be around in 10 years you've got to do something to differentiate yourself from the pack.

In advertising not to be different is virtually suicidal.

I thought to myself, 'What can I do that Amazon can't replicate?' I wanted to do something Amazon couldn't do, and something that I absolutely loved.

The key to success is to find a way to stand out--to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.

All happy companies are different: each one earns a monopoly by solving a unique problem. All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.

Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.

If you are going to think the same as everyone else and do the same as everyone else, you will end up being the same as everyone else. In today's competitive environment you have to think a bit differently.

The most essential thing for us was to get the business model right, then put the world-class technology under it to support it. At Merrill, that meant not doing what people expected.

If you are doing what everyone else is doing, there is probably not an opportunity there.

Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They're almost like tangent lines - those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.

We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market.

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.

If you have a business idea that's extremely easy to copy, that can often become something of a challenge or problem.

If you want success, be unique.

You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business.

Be careful not to start a company that really belongs as a feature of another company, like the 25 Twitter URL shortener companies out there. Pick a real problem that's here to stay.

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.

You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

Don't be the best. Be the only.

Someone is out there looking to put you out of business. Someone is out there who thinks they have a better idea than you have. A better solution than you have. A better or more efficient product than you have.

Our philosophy is always to search for the best quality. That is something our father taught us. It's one way to be different from your competitors. You can try to be cheaper, or you can try to be better.

We always try to be a unique company.