I've paid my price, a high price, I watched my mother die. I look at everything I've been given now as a form of compensation. A person who has regrets is a person who casts anchors.

It's not about what you achieve, it's actually what you do for your industry and that's what I think is important. And when people look at me and they see my achievements with the restaurants do you know what I think? I think I did more than that. What I achieved was teaching young men and young women when they were young and inspiring them.

People who can give themselves every day. They're the people that I admire, they're real people.

Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

Don't dress for others, dress for yourself. Clothes should be an extension of what you represent and what you feel inside.

I cannot teach anybody how to cook. All I can do is show them, share methods with them.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth?