“I look at a basketball laying on the ground, and it makes me think of something. Popcorn ball. How 'bout a spicy popcorn ball? That is how my mind is always working.”
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“I look at a basketball laying on the ground, and it makes me think of something. Popcorn ball. How 'bout a spicy popcorn ball? That is how my mind is always working.”
“It's a life lesson they need to have, a skill everybody needs - to cook.”
“I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can't control it.”
“Look, the fame rocket is only on the upward trajectory for a limited time.”
“Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!”
“It's football all day on Sunday. I wish we had football every day; that would make me way happier. Why can't we have that? You've got all these teams! Why can't we just play a Monday game, a...”
“My parents moved out to California in 1968 from Ohio in a VW station wagon pulling a little trailer. I was 4 months old. They were following the energy out here.”
“My restaurant, Tex Wasabi's, we have a whole 'Minute to Win It' challenge going on on Sundays already. The show hasn't even aired and they're already doing challenges where people are coming...”
“Nothing, not even an avocado pit, keeps guacamole green for too long once it's made.”
“I'm a stocky 210 pounds.”
“I was raised not so much in a puritan environment, but for the most part, a pretty healthy one.”
“I have three wood-fired ovens... I have one at my house, one at my ranch, one on the trailer that I use for charity events.”
“A lot of people who like sushi don't really like raw fish or seaweed.”
“Howie Mandel is the real deal.”
“I'm not a religious person by any means.”
“I always wish for more time at home or at the restaurants or on the shows.”
“I'm a chef, I own restaurants, and there's a behavior in the kitchen you have to have.”
“I wanted to work in corporate restaurants.”
“After a show, people say, 'I bet you want to just sit back and relax.' No way. First thing I want to do when I'm home is cook.”
“Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don't fall at least 10 times, then you're not skiing hard enough.”