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Todd Graves Quotes

11 quotes from Todd Graves — Founder and CEO of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers..

Nothing ever happens unless someone pursues a vision fanatically.

Founders Podcast, 2025Vision

Nothing was going to stop me. If knitting blankets was the best-paying job, I'd have done that.

Founders Podcast, 2025Perseverance

Do one thing and do it better than anyone else.

Focus

Some people call it a simple menu; I say it's focused.

Simplicity

I was building a plane while I was flying it.

Todd Graves

It's so personal to me. You better get up early in the morning, you better work late at night because this is what we do. This is part of my DNA. It's a representation of my family. So you better come with all your guns if you're going to compete with Raising Cane's, because this is my world.

Todd Graves

I've always believed in doing one thing and doing it better than anybody else.

Todd Graves

Nothing ever happens unless someone pursues a vision fanatically. You've got to be fanatical.

Todd Graves

People will say just delegate. Delegate? What kind of word is that? Work with great leaders, but still be in the details. You should be in the details.

Todd Graves

I believe God made me good at chicken fingers to help people. I think God makes us all good at what we're doing, ultimately, to help people.

Todd Graves

People ask what's your exit strategy? I don't have one. I wouldn't sell.

Todd Graves

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