Gordon Ramsay citations

“I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.”

“Don't take it personally. Just take it seriously.”

“The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.”

“Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.”

“Find what’s hot, find what’s just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself.”

“Push your limit to the absolute extreme.”

“Swearing is industry language. For as long as we’re alive it’s not going to change. You’ve got to be boisterous to get results.”

“I’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.”

“I am what I am. A fighter.”

“The secret is to make sure the business is running to perfection, with or without me.”

“I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.”

“I train my chefs with a blindfold. I’ll get my sous chef and myself to cook a dish. The young chef would have to sit down and eat it with a blindfold. If they can’t identify the flavor, they shouldn’t be cooking the dish.”

“Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.”

“Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It’s much more fun, too.”

“If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that’s exactly what I did.”