Hopefully, this quote can remind us all to question ourselves when putting a ceiling on success.
Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White leaves some food for thought.
Dana White was born in 1969 in Manchester, Connecticut. He attended two years or so of college before dropping out. Dana held jobs as a bellman, aerobic boxing instructor and a fighter himself.
By 1995, Dana White had three boxing facilities in Las Vegas called The Gym.
Over a decade ago, Senator John McCain pushed to outlaw the sport of Ultimate Fighting calling it human cockfighting. In 2001, White learned that the near bankrupt UFC was looking for a buyer. He contacted a childhood friend and the friend’s brother. Those men were the famous Fertitta brothers, Las Vegas casino owners, who also happened to make the Forbes’ Magazine 400 richest Americans’ list. Within a short time the Fertitta brothers bought UFC, making Dana White president and 10% owner of the newly acquired UFC’s parent company.
Dana has mentioned that part of what has fueled his success is the desire to be happy with what he does for work. He believes 90% of Americans go to a job hating what they do everyday and White did not want be part of that statistic. Dana has admitted he’s not the smartest guy one could ever meet, but he knows about fighting. Dana is quiet about his net worth, which is not public, but is most likely something to be very proud of.
20 years after his graduation, Dana was asked back to his high school to give a commencement speech.
Dana says:
“It was pretty cool. If you would have asked me ten years ago if this is where I would have been in ten years, I would have laughed in your face.”
