Bobby Kotick Quotes

I've always had an interest in business, and my interest in business has really expanded over the years.

I've got no business acumen whatsoever.

People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards.

As it turns out, I can see I'm quite a business-minded person as I've developed.

I always try and watch how business people think. I like to read a lot about business people. I'm not going to say I've got a great business mind, but I enjoy learning from the world of business.

There's an old chestnut that asks whether an entrepreneur is born or made and I think it's a combination of both. You need the talent; without the talent you can't do it.

I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs.

Know the business; you need to know the business side of things.

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.

And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part.

My mother really didn't know a heck of a lot about business. She was a very good mother, that made sure we ate right and we had our cod liver oil, but didn't know a heck of a lot about what I did.

I have started many companies now worth more than $100 million. So I know a little about business.

There are lots of people who say you are born an entrepreneur - you either have that gene or not. I really disagree with that.

Dealing with business and trying to create never mixes for me.

I have never had a business mind.

I am a businessman.

Technical co-founders are great at envisioning where the company's going from a strategic standpoint. They have what I call the 'gut-feel' of building out their business.

I'm not into business at all.

Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.

I have always been a business person.

I couldn't care less about business.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

It's so funny to think that I used to be a model and here I am doing arbitrage, shipping and negotiating margins, the list is endless.

I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned.

At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining.