All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

In this remark, Kroc frames wealth not as an end in itself but as a symbolic measure of having built something that works. The emphasis falls on “pride in accomplishment,” suggesting that money functions for him as a scoreboard—evidence of execution, growth, and competitive success—rather than as a vehicle for luxury or security. Read against Kroc’s public persona as the hard-driving builder of McDonald’s franchising system, the line reinforces a self-image of the entrepreneur motivated by achievement and validation. It also implicitly defends profit-seeking by recasting it as the byproduct of productive enterprise rather than mere greed.