I'm not a religious person by any means.
— Guy Fieri
I would ride my horse to school.
One of my good buddies is Steve Hutchinson. He used to play for the Vikings, and he's also been on 'Triple-D.'
I'm a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.
People get a little bolder and more wild in summer. You've got things going on kabobs, things cooking on the bone. There's something about standing over a grill or outside with the family that inspires us.
I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.
I wanted to work in corporate restaurants.
I'm a culinary gangsta with a very spiritual side, so when I was introduced to the 'spiritual gangster' line, I had to have it.
When you love the competition, the opportunity to achieve at simple but challenging games, some people are really into it, and I'm one of them.
Why can't we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there's just no enthusiasm. There's no energy behind it. I said, 'What if we take a cooking demonstration and fortify it with a lot of good music? ... Drive it to the next level?'
I love that UNLV is a big-little school, that you can still have access and support as a student.
Did I ever think about TV stardom? I don't watch a lot of TV. I wasn't even aware of the phenomenon of what was going on in food television, what you started with the Food Network.
I don't eat sweets. I'm not a big dessert guy.
I've never been an apron fan; it's all too cumbersome to me.
I'm in a very unique position in that I got to participate in the Food Network by contest. That's long gone, being voted on, but I don't forget where it came from, and I don't forget the people who worked to put me here.
The wok is one of my favorite things to work with when I'm camping.
'Triple D' is not going anywhere. I enjoy highlighting my brothers and sisters in the business.
As soon as you wanna take away the flavor of anything, just fry it.
A lot of people who like sushi don't really like raw fish or seaweed.
One of my good buddies is Marcel Reece with the Raiders. He's a big 'Triple-D' fan; he's a big food fan.
If you're feeling adventurous, grill up some marinated octopus. It's so healthy.
I'm gonna open a small restaurant on the beach in Mexico. We're only gonna have a few tables, and we're only gonna cook what's fresh that day. We're gonna get back to the basics... Real food for real people.
If I probably didn't have tattoos, or if I probably didn't bleach my hair, or if I probably didn't wear blue jeans and a T-shirt to fancy things, if I didn't do things that make me look like someone who's whacked out of their mind, it'd probably be different. But then again, that's how I wanna dress.
I was even more of a Hagar fan when he was just Hagar and not Van Hagar.
Whenever you get to change somebody's life or watch it and see it happen, it's amazing.
I think there's a misconception that I eat everything. The one or two bites that you see me take, that's it.
I'm a chef, I own restaurants, and there's a behavior in the kitchen you have to have.
I really believe you've gotta put the power in the people. They're the ones who are gonna make the experience.
I specifically left the corporate world so I could wear T-shirts, blue jeans, and honestly, I always wanted to be my own boss.
I'm a huge kale fan.
The No. 1 thing I hear from people when I meet them in the airport is, 'Oh my gosh, you're just like you are on TV.' Well, I'm not an actor. I don't think anyone could figure out how to be this weird.
I'm a collector, so I've got all kinds of sunglasses. I'd say I've got about a buck ten, buck twenty.
I never try and do the same show, ever. The audience controls the dynamic of the shows. Sometimes they listen, and sometimes they ask a million questions.
I have the best agents in the world.
I love everything from Enya to Pantera.
Look, the fame rocket is only on the upward trajectory for a limited time.
The men and women in the Armed Forces, that's what I always think about and what I teach my kids about. We're getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there's people that are not with their families.
People are very phobic about fish. And if they do cook fish, they fry it, which kills all the flavor.
I cannot get enough farro.
It's tough, you know: I'm a chef first, and a restaurant owner, way before I was ever on Food Network, and it's a tough business.
I try to hike at least three times a week when I'm home in Sonoma County.
Howie Mandel is the real deal.
I definitely eat in moderation and exercise.
I always wish for more time at home or at the restaurants or on the shows.
The opportunity to be a star chef, to imagine it would be here in Las Vegas, I couldn't comprehend it.
I don't drink soda.
I'm a big eater in terms that l love flavor, but I don't like to eat a lot of one thing. I like to eat a little bit.
What do people want? Contact. People want to be able to see you and touch you. Are you real?
Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make.
I'm a stocky 210 pounds.
