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Richard Rawlings
Profession : Celebrity
Birth : March 30, 1969
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I like the art of making money more than the money.
Richard Rawlings
Look, I'm still a goateed guy with a bunch of tattoos, but I've got a poodle and not a pit bull. I don't kick boxes and I don't scream at other people.
Richard Rawlings
I was a fireman very early on in my life and a police officer, so I'm very militaristic, clean.
Richard Rawlings
I went dead broke - twice! - trying to get Gas Monkey up and going. And when I say broke, I mean sleeping on my sister's couch and can't pay-the-rent type broke.
Richard Rawlings
Realistically, my favorite thing really is going out and seeing the different problems that people have in different geographical areas. Not just from a standpoint of the area that they may be in or the city they may be in but the different kind of car culture or motorcycle culture there is.
Richard Rawlings
I could've gone to Harvard twice, the money I lost on cars.
Richard Rawlings
That's been the secret to 'Gas Monkey': Move fast. I opened the first restaurant within a year and a half. Most people wait five years. I always move quickly, and in today's market, no matter what you're in, you can recover from a mistake faster than you can recover from not doing.
Richard Rawlings
Building brands and helping people figure out their identity - as far as a business identity and everything - was kind of my niche.
Richard Rawlings
My goal in the beginning was to build a lifestyle brand around what I love to do, which is motorcycles and cars. That was our main goal from the very beginning.
Richard Rawlings
Getting a TV show and getting on to Discovery was the main goal when I started the company in 2004.
Richard Rawlings
I'm a brand type guy and we want to make sure that 'Gas Monkey' is out there in every arena that we can be. I'm also never short on ideas and I usually try to get them out there at all times.
Richard Rawlings
We have a massive following and a loyal following. We've never bought a follower or any of that stuff that brands do, it's all organic.
Richard Rawlings
My style is very hands-on. I own everything we do or the vast majority of everything we do. I don't do a lot of letting people just use my name like a lot of people in my position would do.
Richard Rawlings
I get the team set up good and then I'll let them do their thing. At the end of the day, if you put the time and effort into interviewing and finding the right people for a job, you've got to let them do that job.
Richard Rawlings
Everyday has its challenges - keeping up with the business, and we are a real business, unlike a lot of the reality shows. We build all the cars. It has its challenges, but at the end of the day, it's not a bad way to make a living.
Richard Rawlings
I've been into cars my whole life, I've always bought and sold a few here and there on the side, as kind of a hobby.
Richard Rawlings
I've always wanted to build a '37 Lincoln Zephyr.
Richard Rawlings
I wanted to have the no. 1 show on the Discovery channel. I went for it for a very long time, and I was knocking on every door in L.A. that would answer, and sleeping in front of Discovery's office, probably. It wasn't working, so I decided to regroup and take a break from knocking on doors.
Richard Rawlings
I used to have a five-year plan when I was younger. But that's changed. Technology is changing every day. So you have to live in the day. You have to see what the opportunities are, and go for them.
Richard Rawlings
So I think you want to keep a keen eye on things. Grab it and go. Sure, you check your financials, but don't be afraid to take a jump. Learn the trends.
Richard Rawlings
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