Elon Musk Portrait

"I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."

— Elon Musk

I Think It Is Possible For

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

— Elon Musk

About this quote

From an interview with Esquire magazine in 2012. Musk was responding to questions about whether people like him — who build rockets and electric cars from scratch — are fundamentally different from ordinary people. His answer rejected the premise: he argued that extraordinary outcomes come from deliberate choices about what to pursue and how hard to work, not from innate differences. The remark reflects his resistance to explanations based on genius or fate.

Source

Interview with Esquire magazine, 2012