Sumner Redstone > Quotes

“Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“But you must have confidence that you will ultimately prevail, which will help you mentally and psychologically to get the job done. If you start to lose confidence in your ability, you had better quit.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“This is an emotional, not a rational business”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“In my experience, success has three essential ingredients: a passionate commitment to your goal, the courage to dream and to take risks, and the moral and intellectual character to realize the dreams worth pursuing and the best route to take to achieve them. Commitment, courage, character — a powerful combination of qualities that I believe you will find in every truly accomplished person.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“Judgment, commitment, competence, attitude, vision — these are the important elements to be considered, not age.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“would call Philippe at 5 a.m., ready to go. Finally he told me, “Sumner, I don’t get up at five like you do. You’re waking my wife every morning, including Saturdays and Sundays.” I appreciated the candor. From then on I waited until seven.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“Huizenga tried to get you where you could taste the deal, and then whisk it away.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“motivated by the desire to achieve,”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“Blockbusterwas the video rental industry. There was no business like it from which to find parallel executives.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“why you need both an entrepreneur and a manager at the top of a company. An entrepreneur’s lust needs to be counterbalanced by a manager’s prudence and discipline.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“will say it again: Success is not built on success. Great successes are built on failures, on frustrations, even catastrophes.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“they refused to screen them for us, insisting instead that each exhibitor bid on each movie sight unseen, often before the movie was even completed.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“You never want to be at the mercy of banks. Your passion is not their bottom line.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“I had to be optimistic; that is my nature.”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win

“evaluate people based on their ability, judgment and confidence, and he topped the list on all three counts. Philippe”
― Sumner Redstone, A Passion to Win