You're only as good as the people you hire.
If you do it first class and you don't compromise values, and you don't compromise quality, and you don't compromise service, and you don't compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up.
As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
If you believe in it, and you believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail.
The McDonald brothers were simply not on my wavelength at all. I was obsessed with the idea of making McDonald's the biggest and the best. They were content with what they had; they didn't want to be bothered with more risks and more demands.