“The power of publicity is more important than advertising.”

Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.

Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!

Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.

I’ve never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.

Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.

If someone doesn’t fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you’re holding them back from excelling elsewhere.

So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.

In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.

The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.

When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.

A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.

You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.

Failure is my specialty.

I love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.

Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.