I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I saw myself as a great No. 2.

- Robert Herjavec

I try to get in one, one-hour spinning class per week.

- Robert Herjavec

I came from a communist country where there are no luxury cars.

- Robert Herjavec

It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still.

- Robert Herjavec

Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.

- Robert Herjavec

I own a Ferrari race team, and we race all over North America.

- Robert Herjavec

I balance my meals. I have never been a big dessert guy.

- Robert Herjavec

The idea of getting a lifetime job, and making $100,000 a year, with benefits, is dead and gone. It's over. And it may never come again. That's a very scary thought for a lot of people.

- Robert Herjavec

When I was a waiter, I wanted to be the best waiter I could be and worked to be better at it every day.

- Robert Herjavec

Older cars tend to drive like older cars. That is not for me.

- Robert Herjavec

I'm really inspired to build a billion-dollar company. The hardest part is building the vehicle to get you there.

- Robert Herjavec

I don't think anyone wakes up and says, 'I want my life to suck today.'

- Robert Herjavec

Just like any business is a living, breathing thing, an entrepreneur has to be able to adapt over time.

- Robert Herjavec

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.

- Robert Herjavec

I just don't sleep enough. But I have never met someone very successful who, at the end of their life, says 'I wish I slept more.'

- Robert Herjavec

You can never be satisfied as an entrepreneur, and the basis of any successful, growing business is new clients.

- Robert Herjavec

I have my mother's hips. The minute I eat it, it ends up on my hips.

- Robert Herjavec

When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.

- Robert Herjavec

If you are under the illusion that you can start a business and run it at your life's schedule, you are mistaken. The business is like a starving puppy - when it needs to eat, then it needs to eat regardless of what you have going on personally.

- Robert Herjavec

I don't think anybody ever started a great business because they wanted to make a little more cash. They had a dream. They wanted to better their life.

- Robert Herjavec