Massimiliano Allegri Quotes

An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.

It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've always enjoyed and I've always been very proud of is that the people I've done business with, the people around me have always made money.

As a businessman, if you ask me what I'm proud of, I'm proud of the fact that I made $250 billion under my watch as CEO.

I always felt that Jay Z, if he had a different upbringing, could be on Wall Street or in politics. If you really listen to Jay Z talk, he's kind of the smartest guy in the room.

I've run a very successful business, and I think I can also run a very successful team.

I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers.

If anyone tells you it's impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math, well, they can just get in line behind you - and kiss your math.

I need to aspire to be a great CEO and not just a great product engineer.

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'

Great CEOs are not just born with shiny hair and a tie.

I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business.

Early in my career, I sometimes found it difficult to make the tough people decisions - I had to learn that. In business, you want to listen. You want to learn. You want to make sure you're not proceeding without information. But if you wait too long, you can actually hurt an organization even more.

I busted my butt all my life building companies.

It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the long term. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are star examples.

Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money.

I've studied the lives of the 20th century's great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.

At the end of the day, both men and women who become CEOs have showed tenacity and hard work to succeed in their careers. It takes not just skills but also extreme dedication and commitment. And regardless of gender, CEOs are measured by the same criteria - the growth and success of the business.

The greatest companies in the world were started and are run by fanatics.

I'm really a self-made businesswoman.

I wasn't born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

I think about people like Jeff Bezos or Reed Hastings, and I really marvel at the stamina they've had to keep on trucking no matter what happens.

Pep Guardiola is a very ambitious manager; that's a reason why he has been able to win all the trophies he has won in his career.

I'm just a regular guy who had talent and the wherewithal to be able to hone that into something I can make money doing.