Jon Taffer Quotes

I don’t embrace excuses. I embrace solutions.

Can I be cocky for a second? If I hit a home run 80 percent of the times, and you want to talk about the 20 times I miss swinging the bat, I’m okay with that.

If you had a dime for every excuse you made, I wouldn't have to be here right now.

If you're not passionate, you achieve mediocrity

Your ‘brand’ is what your customers think of you, not what you think of you.

When I get angry, it's with purpose. My purpose is to solve a problem. And I never lose sight of that.

The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.

When I talk to idiots, I get loud!

Fixing bars is easy. Fixing people is tough.

I'm very involved in all of my social media activities. I'm not an actor. I play myself, and I take that very seriously.

I never thought I'd ever do a pirate bar, to be honest with you.

No matter how far society “progresses,” our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.

I don't accept excuses, only solutions.

There is not one obstacle standing in the way of your success anymore.

Challenges met are the scariest but are sometimes the most worthwhile.

See every crack, every detail. I learned to really see and not just look at my business.

The biggest lesson I learned in the bar business is to focus on revenues. Dollars, not dimes.

Clean your freakin' fryer. Be responsible for Christ's sake!

If it isn't spotless, it isn't clean!

You better do your job and not lean on me to do it for you.

A consultant is only as good as their last project.

In the thirty years of my career I learned everything about success, but I did not learn, really, about failure. In Bar Rescue I got exposed to failure at a very deep level.

The best rescues of all leave a family in a better place.

I've had a best-practices reputation in this industry for a long time. I don't know anything about those other apps, because in the bar space, there really are none.