I am not too proud of having my name associated with some of my restaurants.

I was sixty-six years old. I still had to make a living. I looked at my social security check of 105 dollars and decided to use that to try to franchise my chicken recipe. Folks had always liked my chicken.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.

The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away

I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?