00:01:54.660He gets right up next to the microphone.
00:01:56.360I hear you can almost hear the eyelashes hit each other.
00:01:59.320You've never seen Italy so quiet as when the Pope gets up to wink on Halloween.
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00:02:12.420What's the most expensive thing you've bought for yourself as a recreational toy, like a Bugatti, for example?
00:21:42.740We flew here or flew there and went to it if we could.
00:21:45.000it's funny you say that because i have the privilege of uh working with shannon briggs
00:21:49.960who's my coach now and he always says like you know this is the stuff that the greats did but
00:21:55.540no one knew because there wasn't cameras in their camp it wasn't documented so when shannon was
00:22:00.000growing up his grandfather taught him how to box and he learned the secret techniques of the greats
00:22:04.900like that they don't show on camera and that they keep a secret and the only way you would know is
00:22:09.940because it's been told down generation from generation 100 and and uh you know george
00:22:15.080foreman still lives in houston and and i know george and and uh you know one of the greatest
00:22:20.320ever i mean just you know absolutely the the greatest and it's just a shame that this generation
00:22:25.880does does not get to see these great great boxers yeah do you have any other qualms with this
00:22:31.540generation as far as like social media and the way kids are being raised nowadays and cancel
00:22:36.980culture and like i guess like the softening of of america if you will you know part of it is is0.52
00:22:45.300that it's not your damn fault the technology is different but but you got to understand when i
00:22:50.860was growing up if we wanted to talk to a friend we had to go get on our parents phone okay and0.97
00:22:55.940that's why when we turned 16 years old the first thing we did was run our ass over to the dmv to
00:23:01.120get a driver's license and and all of a sudden i started realizing my kids why are they not
00:23:05.000worried about doing the same thing because you're able to FaceTime and communicate and talk. And
00:23:09.640it's just a, it's a different world. And I don't know that you're, you're softer. I don't believe
00:23:14.860that. It's just your things are at your fingertips. And I really realized that when I'm sitting there
00:23:19.360watching my kids order protein shakes or whatever, and all of a sudden it shows up another kid sitting
00:23:24.640out there by the fireplace and all of a sudden firewood shows up at midnight because he needed0.99
00:23:28.680some firewood and he wasn't going to get his ass in a car and go get it. And it's just, so the0.96
00:23:33.440softness is kind of created by the technology because i guess i would be a little soft son
00:23:38.760of a gun myself i mean i know that when i bought my first jet i learned how to fly it but now i0.98
00:23:43.820prefer sitting in the back seat in that g5 and let somebody else taking care of my ass and that's0.96
00:23:47.840all you're doing so you learned how to fly your own jet absolutely why absolutely because i like0.98
00:23:53.280to know a little bit about everything i do and and uh it was just something that once again you
00:23:59.360want to accomplish something? And I just said, gosh, you know, I, I dropped out of college to
00:24:04.600make money my third year because I preferred money more than learning any more about English
00:24:09.200and math and, and, and not being great at school. So, so I just said, so, you know what, since I
00:24:15.100didn't get me a degree, I'll go back and get me a pilot's license. But you know, it's so funny,
00:24:19.800the school I dropped out of, I'm now the longest running chairman of the board of regents,
00:24:23.420University of Houston. The irony, the irony. I mean, there's so many stories like that of
00:24:28.560the person who drops out of school and it seems like almost like 90 of the billion ultra successful
00:24:34.960people especially billionaires are the ones that dropped out of school it because what it is is
00:24:38.980that we have something in us and we are so anxious to go out and make that money and do things that0.76
00:24:45.600we just this is bullshit i'm not learning anything here and i've just but i'm not telling any kid to0.79
00:24:51.780drop out i was gonna say this day and daughters are you are you no all four of my kids i'll0.98
00:24:55.920disown them if they don't she graduates this year from usc oh congrats yeah and then i had another
00:25:01.260son graduate and i had one that graduated from old miss who's now in law school and i have one
00:25:05.920that's going to graduate from lsu okay cool we're all over the map so interesting how you said you
00:25:12.200disown them i'm not going to decide but facetiously i mean you have to have a college degree today i
00:25:19.060just think out of respect you have to have it yeah unless you want to become a billionaire
00:25:22.360You say, well, most people do, if I'm being honest.
00:25:24.500No, but I do know, I mean, if I could evaluate one of them and say, I understand you're not made for school and it's just not in you, I would understand.
00:30:35.980Well, it's culture in my company, and it's something that I've taught, and I have 60,000 employees, but everybody hears about the 95-5 rule and that he can see a burnout light bulb from 40,000 feet from the jet.
00:30:49.940I mean, it becomes a culture in your company, and I'm not saying we're perfect, okay?
00:30:54.640I screw up every day, and my own people screw up every day, and so do I, but you strive for the perfection, and that's why you're successful,
00:31:02.680And that's why I'm the guy that keeps being able to buy companies because they don't do the 95 rule and they screw up.
00:31:30.140Do you think there's, is there, is there a, you know, devil's advocate, is there a downfall to the eat in the week mentality and more so, is there anything that money has done for your life that you do not like?
00:31:44.600That strategy of eating the rich or eating the week, you've gotten so rich.
00:31:48.280Is there anything that it's done that you don't like?
00:31:54.060People still watch me walk through a casino, and if there's a cigarette butt on the floor or there's a candy wrapper, they'll still see me stoop down and pick it up.
00:32:04.760And that's part of the culture of the company is that I still walk back there in that kitchen and say hello to the guy washing the dishes because you know what?
00:32:11.860If that guy wasn't washing dishes, we wouldn't have anybody sitting in that restaurant because people don't like eating off of dirty dishes, and that guy is really important to me.
00:32:19.580so that mentality right there what you just described how important do you think having
00:32:23.580that was to your success versus just being a cold cold-hearted businessman i think it had a
00:32:29.040lot to do with my success is is that's that's what a leader does is you you don't see me walk around
00:32:34.880in a three-piece suit and and play big shot ever why why not why aren't you the one with the 50
00:32:40.200carat diamond chain i'm trying to get this i'm trying to get this thing off because you think
00:32:43.380you think a billionaire is i mean what is that a rolex that is but look it's a very laid-back
00:35:16.700Okay, so how about the G's when you punch that, even on a city street, that you have to adjust for a second or you'll get sick in your stomach.
00:35:26.940You truly hit the accelerator and you go, wait, did this just really happen?
00:39:40.840Does it allow you to surround yourself with amenities and freedom that you wouldn't be able to otherwise that could potentially keep you happier if you didn't have it?
00:40:54.620And it's become a joke to me because it's been now, what, nine and nine, you know, almost 29 years that I haven't flown, 30 years that I haven't flown, you know, on a, I don't even know what you call it, commercial aircraft?
00:42:10.800Okay. But, but, but I have, I have great connections with Bill and matter of fact, Bill and, and, and, and 41 got together because I was friends with both of them. And that's when they shot the tsunami commercial and me and 41 flew up on my jet together and had lunch with Bill. And that's the whole day they became friends.
00:42:30.320You got a favorite one to hang out with?
00:42:32.340Bill Clinton's a lot of fun, but I'll tell you, 43, this is a guy that is just a great guy that's very smart, that just loves to have a beer and sit there.
00:42:42.660And these are, presidents are special guys.
00:48:01.880So if I'm drinking, I'm going to have a few soda limes.
00:48:05.140And you know what? I've never been an extremist at anything, you know, liberal, conservative, or the way I drink, the way I eat. The only thing I've probably been extreme at is business, that I just, the next deal. I'm a deal junkie. I've got to do that next damn deal or I'm going to lose my mind.
00:48:23.520How long are you working every day? Like what time do you get up? What time do you go to sleep?0.98
00:48:26.620You know, I probably wake up around 8, 8.30 and then drink coffee and read emails and see everything that happened the day before and read a couple of newspapers on my iPad.
00:48:39.040And I want to know what's going on in the world business, watch some CNBC, watch some Stephen A. and Fox and, you know, Colin and watch what's going on in the sports world.
00:48:48.620Probably get to my office around 11, 30, 12, and then I might be there till 8, 9, 10 o'clock at night.
00:59:59.140And I'm full of these kind of sayings, and things have been really good, and we've been good long enough that you forget it's going to be bad.
01:00:07.860And y'all haven't experienced it yet in your adulthood, have you?
01:07:13.320He gets right up next to the microphone.
01:07:15.020I hear you can almost hear the eyelashes hit each other.
01:07:18.140You've never seen Italy so quiet as when the Pope gets up to wink on Halloween.
01:07:22.940Listen to Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists every Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
01:07:30.980I'm Lacey Mosley, author, actor, stand-up comedian, creator, and host of Scam Goddess Podcast, the true crime comedy podcast all about robbery, fraud, and those who practice it.
01:07:41.020Each week I bring on an amazing guest.