I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.

When I'm on television, I think that I appeal to the everyday guy, 'cause that's who I am. The guys who go to the football games on the weekends are my viewers, for sure.

My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.

I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.

Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.

Cooking is a subject you can never know enough about. There is always something new to discover.