Joey Chestnut Quotes

Joey Chestnut

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : November 25, 1983

Kobayashi was the man. The other competitive eaters, they thought of him as unbeatable... He wasn't an eater. He was a god.

Joey Chestnut

Military caregivers play an essential role in the recovery process of our veterans and are more than deserving of our support.

Joey Chestnut

After a contest, I try to eat fairly healthy.

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I'm getting paid to eat. It's not too bad of a life.

Joey Chestnut

I was awful my first time. I was so shy eating in front of people. It was so awkward. But my next contest, I brought a bunch of my family out, and I won that one. I remember I almost barfed because my mom, at the end of the contest, she yelled out, 'Do it for Mama!' Everybody laughed. It was one of the closest I've ever been to barfing.

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I love to eat! I don't think I have ever gotten sick of eating a food, unless it is bad food.

Joey Chestnut

I think I get out of bed because I love to eat.

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Everything at a baseball game is pretty much health food if you subscribe to the theory that you're eating what makes you happy.

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It wasn't like I grew up wanting to be a competitive eater at all. Not like a lot of people, like football players, famous people - they knew that that's what they wanted to do when they were young.

Joey Chestnut

There have been times when things get stuck in my throat, but you just work it up or down. Like how a swimmer probably can't imagine drowning - their bodies are so used to being in the water. I'm so used to shoving things down my throat.

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I go to the doctor every four months to get my blood work done to make sure everything is working right.

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I travel pretty much every weekend of the summer. And then during the winter, I still do appearances and a couple contests here and there.

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Going into a contest, I do not eat solid food and take in minimal calories for days, so I am hungry.

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I lose now and then. I get lazy. And sometimes I work just hard enough to win.

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I love to eat internationally and do eating contests everywhere. Traveling around, meeting people, and doing different things.

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I'm getting older, and I'm smarter about how I eat.

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I don't mind losing because it really shows me what the other eaters are capable of.

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It's pretty rare for them to not be in our fridge, I have usually a good supply of all-beef hot dogs.

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Kobayashi won't talk to me. He hates me.

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I've learned how to gnarl the food down. It's not pretty.

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