I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life. It's not all about the cooking, but the fact that I can contribute by using my influence to help people all over the country. In the last two years, my partners and I have fed more than 10 million hungry people by bringing meat to food banks.

You never know who you will meet along life's journey. You have to be open to risks, but calculated risks, open to winning.

Don't ever give up. You can't let discouragement get you down. You can always find negative people that will try to discourage you from your goals. You can't be discouraged, and you can't let the word "no" stop you.

Would I have fired me? Knowing me? No.

You know, nobody can ever cook as good as your mama.

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

I've got two vices: cigarettes and taters.