Top 40 Jesse Itzler Quotes

Any time I meet someone or learn about someone that’s really interesting or inspiring to me or has a story that really resonates with me, I just cold call them, and I try to meet him or her.

If I had done ‘Go, New York, Go’ for the Spurs, it might not have worked. It really taught me a lot about demographics and tastes and styles. I never went to business school, so that whole experience was my crash course in marketing, contracts, negotiations, and product launches.

When we first started Marquis Jet back in 2001, one of our first goals was to try to break into the Hollywood marketplace. We thought it was a good way to help build brand credibility and attract new customers by word of mouth.

Running has become so therapeutic for me because I block out all thoughts or get really crystal clear business ideas.

Later on in my life, it became a big theme: just being okay and comfortable to take the risk and to have really thick skin and realize not everybody is going to love your product. Get over it, and if you believe in it, keep going forward.

I ran a 100-mile marathon, and I was powered by coconut water.

I’ve found that eliminating not-so-important choices really frees up my mental capacity to think about the important ones.

The best gift you can give yourself is getting over the fear of embarrassment because then you’re completely free to try anything.

Routines can be a rut.

You have to learn to get comfortable being uncomfortable. You have to be willing to get out of your comfort zone and push your limits.

Running is my meditation.

I’m creature of habit.

I’ve run the U.S.A. Ultra Championships.

I like the concept of ‘have your cake and eat it, too.’

It’s easy to let yourself down – it’s tough to let other people down.

Do everyday things in a new way to get the brain thinking in new ways.

You can learn a lot when you’re around people that are completely different than yourself.

Before I left for American University, my mother told me to sign up for everything I could: to take advantage of everything from on-campus lectures to sports and social events to the amazing D.C. culture.

I continue to look for opportunities to learn on a daily basis. I try not to settle into a routine, and I attempt things that challenge me.

If you haven’t done something yet, and you want to do it, start now!

I want to live with a monk… and the Rolling Stones.

One thing I thought of, I call it By Sea, By Land, By Foot. It’d be a 100-mile paddle, a 100-mile run, and a 100-mile bike, back-to-back-to-back. But I don’t want to end up in the hospital.

I have a crazy background in music, both as a performer and writer.

Anytime you take someone’s money, that puts enormous pressure. But I think if you want the most reward, you have to take the most risk.

It is so cool to live with inspiration.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a good flier.

I take a freezing cold shower to start every day, and when I can’t take it any more, I count 20 Mississippi’s. Then I literally walk out of the shower and say, ‘Let’s go.’

When your brain tells you are done, you are only 40% done.

We don’t aim high enough with our goals. We all have more in us, and we are all capable of aiming higher.

Almost all of my business flights are commercial, not private.

The concept of getting out of my routine, mixing it up, and pushing myself to live the grittiest life is something I try to incorporate every day.

Everything ends; you just have to figure out a way to push to the finish line.

The answer is that I do want to climb Everest, but I don’t want to go to Everest. I don’t want to be cold. I can’t take the time. It’s just not practical.

You know what I learned? Everything has a price.

I was networking every day from 21 to 28 years old. I sent 10 letters a day, which means I reached out to 3,000 people in a year.

My life is ready, fire, aim, and it is one of adventure.

P Street in D.C. is one of the worst areas in the city. Some of the things I saw, the things I experienced, the things we came through, really gave me a whole new perspective on life.

I’m a New Yorker, man. I’m a Knicks fan.

So many of us live our lives on autopilot. We wake up, go to work, have dinner, go to sleep… repeat.

When I was 24, I realized I could never be one of the best rappers, but I knew I had some of the best ideas.