It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.

If you're humble and hardworking, opportunities will arise for you.

Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and steady, you'll get it done!

I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.

Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!

I really believe there's no such thing as accidents, only opportunities. God gives everyone the ingredients to a good, happy life. It's up to us to make the most of them.

When I do a 30-minute meal, for instance, on Food Network, that's my food you see at the end of the show and it's not perfect. And if sometimes things break or drop or the pasta hits the wall when I'm draining it, they never stop tape. They just kind of let me go with it.