Jim Treliving Quotes

101 Jim Treliving Quotes

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It was me that said ‘Let’s go and try it. Let’s do it.’
Jim Treliving

[What his father said when he said he was going into business.] ‘You don’t need a hand, you need a psychiatrist.’
Jim Treliving

[On his father asking whether he could go back into the police force instead of going into his first Boston Pizza store.] I’m not going back.
Jim Treliving

I never missed a payment.
Jim Treliving

How do I take it to the next level?
Jim Treliving

[On the future potential of Boston Pizza after he had just started his first store.] The biggest potential I saw was just being able to survive that one store. My business partner, George Melville, and I hoped that we wouldn’t go under while we were trying to do that.
Jim Treliving

[On opening his first Boston Pizza store.] We had to work 7 days a week and almost 365 days a year just to make it work.
Jim Treliving

I never go a week without going to at least one of my stores.
Jim Treliving

[The most important keys to success in opening a restaurant business.] The most important thing is that you have to be a people person. You have to love meeting people and enjoy catering to their needs. The second thing you need is enough capital to get yourself up and running. Opening a restaurant is a very expensive thing to get into these days. Finally, you have to be willing to work hard. You better like putting in long hours! If you have all of these attributes, you will do well.
Jim Treliving

There was a cereal pitched called Holy Crap and it has done extremely well. It came on the show and I liked it right from the start.
Jim Treliving



Stay true to yourself and have fun doing it.
Jim Treliving

Work really hard but remember to enjoy yourself while you’re there.
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Passion is so important.
Jim Treliving

Celebrity status changes your whole life. Absolutely changes it.
Jim Treliving

I know what it’s like to pitch for some money. And it’s not easy.
Jim Treliving

I can read people fairly decently.
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[In 2010 on him wanting them to be able to say that he worked until the end.] I want to be in a situation where I work, and the day they take me out, going boots first, or whatever, they say, ‘God, he was right here and he fell off the chair.’ Or whatever – doing something.
Jim Treliving

I don’t want people to think that I’m just buying things.
Jim Treliving

A lot of people thought I’d never make it in this business.
Jim Treliving

[On how he refers to himself.] The pizza guy.
Jim Treliving



You gotta stick with it.
Jim Treliving



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