If You Invested $1,000 In Bitcoin When Mark Cuban Said 'Throw The Hail Mary,' Here's How Much You'd Have Now

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Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has never been one to shy away from providing lessons he learned in his early years or advice for people today on how to overcome obstacles and accumulate wealth.

In a 2017 interview, Cuban suggested invested a small portion of money into Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Here's a look at how that investment would have turned out.

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What Happened: Cuban was a hustler from a young age, selling trash bags door to door before founding his first companies, which were later acquired and helped him buy the Dallas Mavericks.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Cuban shared his advice on "getting rich," providing nine tips for saving money, getting a better return on investments and building wealth.

"Rich is all relative," Cuban said in the video on Oct. 18, 2017.

Along with advice like living like a student, not using credit cards, saving six month worth of income and investing savings into a mutual fund, Cuban said that people could invest 10% into cryptocurrency.

"If you're a true adventurer and you want to throw the Hail Mary, you might take 10% and put it into Bitcoin or Ethereum."

Cuban cautioned that investors who go this route should treat the investment like collecting art, baseball cards and shoes as items that are only "worth what somebody else will pay for it."

"If you do that you've got to pretend you've already lost your money."

While Cuban said the investment advice at the time was "a flyer," anyone following the thought on that day likely knows they are sitting on a highly-valuable investment.

Someone who invested $1,000 in Bitcoin at its high price of $5,603.82 on Oct. 18, 2017, could have bought 0.1784 BTC. Today, that investment would be worth $11,838.45, up 1,083.8% from the time of Cuban's comments.

The same $1,000 invested in Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), the other cryptocurrency mentioned by Cuban, could have bought 3.1815 ETH based on a price of $314.32 at the time. The $1,000 investment would be worth $8,232.67 today, up 723.3%.