Being tired isn’t anything. What’s important is the mind. The body being tired isn’t important. You can get over the body being tired by resting for a half-hour or an hour. What’s important is whether the mind is tired.

Nusret Gökçe

I’m not a movie star, but I still get my photograph taken when I walk down the street, hundreds of times. I never say no.

Nusret Gökçe

I get all of my motivation from my customers.

Nusret Gökçe

In the morning after my workout, I eat egg whites, very little toasted bread, cheese, tomatoes.

Nusret Gökçe

The shape of the meat and the taste of it starting from the top down is a part of me. All of my feelings are coming from inside of the meat down to when I put the salt onto the meat.

Nusret Gökçe

Without much money, I traveled to Argentina to see the meat industry, and after that, I wanted to travel to the United States, but I was refused a visa 5 or 6 times, but I never gave up.

Nusret Gökçe

I’m a leader at the restaurant. If I do this, the people at the restaurant will try to do better. I believe in that, and that’s the way it is.

Nusret Gökçe

In Turkey, butchering was a low-class, degrading job. Now, thanks to me, all the kids want to become butchers.

Nusret Gökçe

Since I was 14, I worked more than 13 hours a day as a kitchen runner for a butcher.

Nusret Gökçe

I am the son of a mine worker.

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My father and mother do not know literacy. I cannot go to school due to financial difficulties. I started to working at a butcher as an apprentice when I was 14.

Nusret Gökçe

Sunday morning, I wake up at, like, 6 or 6:30 to go to the gym. I drink a glass of water, and then, before I start my workout, I drink a cup of coffee.

Nusret Gökçe