When I'm in training, I eat no solid food except hot dogs for six weeks. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I love king crab a lot. I love good Mexican food, good tacos, and chile rellenos. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I love to eat! I don't think I have ever gotten sick of eating a food, unless it is bad food. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
It's pretty rare for them to not be in our fridge, I have usually a good supply of all-beef hot dogs. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
Everything at a baseball game is pretty much health food if you subscribe to the theory that you're eating what makes you… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I love to eat internationally and do eating contests everywhere. Traveling around, meeting people, and doing different things. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
There's nothing pretty about competitive eating. It might be uncouth, but it is fun, and it is lighthearted. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I don't really get hungry that much. Sometimes I get cravings for certain foods. But I can go all day without eating. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I didn't just eat hot dogs. I studied how the food went into your system and how it would be digested. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
If I'm going to get up on stage to eat hot dogs, I'm not going to do it to get third or… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I have to learn to ignore my feelings. Not just the feeling of hunger and the feeling of full, but the feeling… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
Maybe in America there's more of an emphasis on food than there should be. But when I look out at the audience… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
It's pretty rare for me to be someplace that serves hot dogs and not eat one. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
There are competitive people who love to push their body but don't love to eat like I do. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
Going into a contest, I do not eat solid food and take in minimal calories for days, so I am hungry. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
It was hard for me to take competitive eating serious at first. When I made people happy, I became addicted to that.… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
It doesn't get old. Just like running doesn't get old to people who like to run. I just love to eat. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I have the greatest job in the world, and my life revolves around my love for food - particularly devouring hot dogs. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
That's one reason I like hot dogs. Nice and clean. And you can count them as they're going down. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I love food, and not surprisingly, I often suffer from stomach upsets when I overeat in general, let alone when I'm competing. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
If there's something I like, I'm going to eat a little more of it than most people. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
There's a couple of foods that if you see me eat them in a contest, you can tell I like them. Grilled… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
There are times when I'm not eating buns if I'm on a low carb diet. I'll have hot dogs and romaine lettuce,… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
They don't sell the Nathan's hot dogs hardly anywhere in the West Coast. So I have to special order them, and I… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
Make sure I'm chewing, swallowing, and breathing, my whole body is working together. I can just find a rhythm and keep going… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
The hardest is foods I am not familiar with. Gyros, I lost that one; I don't like tzatziki sauce very much. I… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I can't tell you all my secrets to how I can eat so many. Someone out there might copy it. But I… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
Military caregivers play an essential role in the recovery process of our veterans and are more than deserving of our support. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
It's pretty rare for them to not be in our fridge, I have usually a good supply of all-beef hot dogs. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
Pretty much all I'm doing during an eating contest is being uncomfortable and not forgetting to breathe. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I've signed babies' arms. I wanted to pull a 'Ricky Bobby' and sign a baby's forehead. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
When I'm eating I try to make sure I can breathe through my nose the entire time. If I have to breathe through my… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I'd like to go out on top, preferably breaking a new world record on the Fourth of July. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
Competitive eating is something I can control. I know I can control, and if I push hard, I can win. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
