Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes

My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.

Love your family, work super hard, live your passion.

What's the ROI of your Mom?

A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be.

We only get to play this game one time, one life.

Live your passion. What does that mean, anyway? It means that when you get up for work every morning, every single morning, you are pumped because you get to talk about or work with or do the thing that interests you the most in the world. You don’t live for vacations because you don’t need a break from what you’re doing—working, playing, and relaxing are one and the same. You don’t even pay attention to how many hours you’re working because to you, it’s not really work. You’re making money, but you’d do whatever it is you’re doing for free.

I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care.

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

The only differentiator in the game is your passion and your hustle.

Storytelling is by far the most underrated skill in business.

Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine.

Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, what do I want to do everyday for the rest of my life. Do that!

You can't read about push ups. You gotta do them.

All your ideas may be solid or even good .. But you have to Actually EXECUTE on them for them to matter.

As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving.

Please think about your legacy, because you're writing it every day.

The biggest gains come from associating with people u DONT agree with!

If you're not putting out relevant content in relevant places, you don't exist.

Pour your heart and soul into your business. People will notice.

You need to spend all of your time and energy on creating something that actually brings value to the people you're asking for money!

I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.

The best marketing strategy ever: CARE

It's about stories. If I can tell the story to America, whether it's Riesling or a boxer from Harlem, it will sell. I know on my gravestone it's going to be, 'Storyteller.'

Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.

It's important to build a personal brand because it's the only thing you're going to have. Your reputation online, and in the new business world is pretty much the game, so you've got to be a good person. You can't hide anything, and more importantly, you've got to be out there at some level.

It's not about what you're saying, it's about how you listen.

True success - financial, personal, and professional - lies above all in loving your family, working hard, and living your passion. In telling your story. In authenticity, hustle, and patience. In caring fiercely about the big and the small stuff. In valuing legacy over currency.

The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this advice.

I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.

There is no sale without the story; no knockout without the setup.

I hate how many people think "glass half-empty" when their glass is really four-fifths full. I'm grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it.

I genuinely believe that any business can create a competitive advantage through giving outstanding customer care.

Saying hello doesn't have an ROI. It's about building relationships.

Someone with less passion and talent and poorer content can totally beat you if they're willing to work longer and harder than you are. Hustle is it.

Hustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand.

Relationships are leverage. If you give value to someone else first, you have leverage.

If your organization’s intentions transcend the mere act of selling a product or service, and it is brave enough to expose its heart and soul, people will respond. They will connect. They will like you. They will talk. They will buy.

Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.

Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.

It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That's always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at.

Your story needs to move people’s spirits and build their goodwill, so that when you finally do ask them to buy from you, they feel like you’ve given them so much it would be almost rude to refuse.

It's easy to dream about it ... Much harder to execute it ....Work!

It's not how many followers you have, it's how many care. It's not width, it's depth. It's not how many impressions you get, it's how much attention you get.

It's very logical: There is proven ROI in doing whatever you can to turn your customers into advocates for your brand or business. The way to create advocates is to offer superior customer service.

No matter what you do, your job is to tell your story.

Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling.

Today, getting people to hear your story on social media, and then act on it, requires using a platform’s native language, paying attention to context, understanding the nuances and subtle differences that make each platform unique, and adapting your content to match.

I have no understanding as to why you wouldn't try to make what you're passionate about work for you.

Social marketing is now a 24-7 job.