Tilman J. Fertitta quotes

When you're public, you're at the mercy of the markets. You can be doing extremely well, but if the markets are in the tank or your industry is in the tank, you don't get rewarded for it. (Tilman J. Fertitta)
You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times. View quote
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You can put the greatest seafood restaurant next to an average steak house in an urban area, and that steak house will do more business than the seafood place. If you go to the water, you can put an average seafood place next to the greatest steak house, and people are going to eat seafood. View quote
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Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead. View quote
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I'm there for my friends, and I'd like to think I'm there for my employees. View quote
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Everybody notices if you're the last one in in the morning and the first one to go in the evening. Always remember that as an employee. View quote
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I could not pass up the opportunity to build and operate a casino next door to my hometown. This casino will be where Louisiana locals and Texans will want to play, stay, and enjoy themselves. View quote
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I'm not on a special diet, but I do try to stay away from a lot of fried foods and from a lot of carbs. Yes, I eat a little bit of all of it. View quote
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We're all born with different talents. I'm really not that smart, but I can see things - financially and development-wise. It's just the way we're made. View quote
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I ask people what they do in sales, how much money they made last year, what their cost of sales is, and they don't even know. If you don't know your numbers, you're going out of business. I don't care how good your product is. View quote
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I can't draw a stick person. I can't play a musical instrument. But I've always had a knack for making money. (Tilman J. Fertitta)
Don't ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, accounting, accounting. Know your numbers. View quote
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We don't use consultants at Landry's. We're our consultants. View quote
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I like dealing with a peer so I can bully them. Because then, it's not bullying. It's just warfare. View quote
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I buy things that are good properties that I'm going to have forever. I just don't have any intention to sell anything. I believe you acquire good assets and you keep them and operate them. View quote
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Most entrepreneurs come up with a product, or they come up with an idea and they think they can be successful with it. But if they don't know the financial side of their business and understand credit and working capital and what it takes money-wise, you can't be successful. The product is just a product. View quote
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People throw in the towel because they don't know how to fight. You'd be surprised how much fight you have in you if you just do it. View quote
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As the economy improves, there aren't as many opportunities. View quote
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I always ask candidates two things: 'How many times have you been fired?' and, 'Do you watch your clock when it's time to go? Do you look at your phone? Do you look at your watch?' View quote
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I know all three facets of the business: the development side, the operations side, and I know how to borrow the money and how to put the deal together. If it was easy, everybody would do it. View quote
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As much as you need to know your operations, if you don't understand the finance side and how to do the business, you're never going to be successful. So you might be the best operator or visionary, but if you don't understand the finance side... I'm successful because I know the finance side, but I also know operations; it's not an accident. (Tilman J. Fertitta)
If anything, I'd say my family was entrepreneurial - my grandfather and father. It was in our blood. But I didn't have this one mentor that was super successful. View quote
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There's nothing like history. I don't make mistakes today that I made many years ago, because I've already made them. View quote
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The biggest thing I want to see is that people have the drive to succeed. If they can 'take it or leave it,' I don't do business with them. I enjoy mentoring. I like people who want to learn. View quote
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If you don't change and mix things up, you're going to get run over. One of the things we preach is change, change, change. View quote
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