4 Quotes by Mark Minervini

Growth comes at the expense of comfort. 23

Both opportunity and perils surface suddenly in the market. It takes swift, resolute action to exploit one and elude the other. Nothing can unravel a trader's courage more than a huge loss in a stock trade. It wasn't until I suffered enough big losses that I made the decision that turned my performance from mediocre to stellar: I decided it was time to make money and stop stressing about my ego. 16-17

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.—Charles Brower. 12

My goal is not to buy at the lowest or cheapest price but at the "right" price, just as a stock is ready to move significantly higher. Trying to pick a bottom is unnecessary and a waste of time; it misses the whole point. 68