Joey Chestnut

The hardest is foods I am not familiar with. Gyros, I lost that one; I don't like tzatziki sauce very much. I did kimchi in Korea, which was rough: fermented cabbage and spicy.

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You need to stay calm the day of the contest. Not let the weather bother me and just relax.

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I love food, and not surprisingly, I often suffer from stomach upsets when I overeat in general, let alone when I'm competing.

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I usually stay away from sweets.

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The weather in New York, it fluctuates so much. Some days it's humid, some days you have a thunderstorm.

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My birthday is always around Thanksgiving, and I always had to have turkey on my birthday. My mom was always, 'Let's celebrate your birthday on Thanksgiving.' My other siblings got to have special dinners they liked. I resented turkey. For a long time, I hated turkey. I've kind of gotten over it.

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

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There's nothing pretty about competitive eating. It might be uncouth, but it is fun, and it is lighthearted.

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I know I hold the contest record for downing the most hot dogs, and the record for most Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Contest championships, but it was really cool to be a part of a Guinness World Records official attempt.

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Quotes by Joey Chestnut