Jerry Yang Quotes

I prefer to work at my own pace.

So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas.

My days are whatever I want them to be.

The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do.

There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.

I don't like anything that's too confining. I'm sort of a control freak, so anything that makes me feel like I'm out of control is a bit uncomfortable. But you know how it is, sometimes it's good to live a little!

I like to make my own mistakes.

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.

I'm spoiled. All of my adult jobs have left me with complete freedom to come up with what I wanted.

I like to play by my own rules.

I love changing. I hate it when people try to box me in to a relationship or in a work context. Any situation where I feel boxed in freaks me out. And I feel the need to reinvent myself or I'll get bored.

I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.

I thought, if I went into business I'd be able to control my own destiny.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.

Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like to do things in my own time, and in my own style, so an office with targets and bureaucracy just wouldn't work.

I'm not a big-company guy. I need freedom and control.

I don't like planning, because it robs me of freedom, so I'd like a 24 hours that was full of surprises.

I do miss competition, but I get to travel a little bit on my own terms, which is a little bit different. And I get the chance to walk around, explore, and not have to save my energy for the match days.

I like to learn on my own.

I just pretty much do what I want to do.

One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my way and not be motivated.

I have to work at my own speed.