I saw opportunity appear in an ugly six-spindle shake machine ... and grabbed it.

I guess to be an entrepreneur you have to have a large ego, enormous pride and an ability to inspire others to follow your lead.

If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest.

Perfection is very difficult to achieve, and perfection was what I wanted in McDonald's. Everything else was secondary for me.

Luck is a dividend of sweat.

We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.

I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.