Wayne Huizenga Quotes & Sayings

I don't see myself ever selling Republic or AutoNation. — Wayne Huizenga

We're looking for something where we can make something happen: an industry where the competition is asleep, hasn't taken advantage. It's going to be hard to find another Blockbuster, but that doesn't mean you can't have three good companies growing. The point is, we're going to be busy. — Wayne Huizenga

I don't want to be just a voice on the phone.
I have to get to know these guys face-to-face and develop a sincere relationship.
That way, if we run into problems in a deal, it doesn't get adversarial.
We trust each other and have the confidence we can work things out. — Wayne Huizenga

Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts. — Wayne Huizenga

Our philosophy has been to be fiscally conservative, so we can be operationally aggressive. We're not using borrowed money to grow. So we'll put up a store just to get there before the competition. If it doesn't work, we'll close it and lose a little equity. It won't kill us. — Wayne Huizenga

Part of this country's problem is that people from New York City - Wall Streeters - don't think about the little guy who can't afford things. — Wayne Huizenga

Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday. — Wayne Huizenga

I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money. — Wayne Huizenga

The good things take care of themselves.
We want to find all the negatives. — Wayne Huizenga

I enjoy building more than managing. — Wayne Huizenga

You don't make any money sitting in traffic. — Wayne Huizenga

The faster we grew, the more stores we had open, the more money we made. Employees move quickly up the ranks of a company that's growing fast. Shareholders made a lot of money. If you invested $25,000 from January 1987 to January 1994, you'd have more than a million dollars. I get a lot of personal satisfaction from that. — Wayne Huizenga

Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success. — Wayne Huizenga

I'm going to miss Blockbuster. I'm gonna miss being CEO and all that stuff. We had an atmosphere where everybody was happy. When people make money, they're happy. — Wayne Huizenga

My father always said working for somebody else never amounted to anything. You have to be an entrepreneur — Wayne Huizenga

If you're a sponsor, and you're doing business globally, to bring your guests to South Florida is pretty nice. — Wayne Huizenga

If you're going to be an entrepreneur ... it's not all textbook. It's gut feeling, it's intuition, it's a feeling you have that you can do this and make it happen. I think you have to have a personality ... — Wayne Huizenga

If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard. — Wayne Huizenga

People always want cars. It's a huge industry, and there's always new product coming out. — Wayne Huizenga

I really would not change anything. Have a passion for what you do, work hard, have great people with good personalities, enjoy the ride. — Wayne Huizenga

You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work. — Wayne Huizenga

A deal is like chasing a girl. You work on it until she says, 'Yes,' for a date. — Wayne Huizenga

I busted my butt all my life building companies. — Wayne Huizenga

Despite winning the world championship, it has not altered the reality of the situation. — Wayne Huizenga

To me, my business is my life. — Wayne Huizenga

I don't see myself as a personality. I'm just another little guy. — Wayne Huizenga

I don't buy cars I can't drive. — Wayne Huizenga

I'm not leaving until you say yes. — Wayne Huizenga

I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish? — Wayne Huizenga

Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England. — Wayne Huizenga