Eating Contest Quotes

Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition.

One of my most memorable Thanksgiving memories was probably the first year that me and my two brothers decided to start our annual eating contest. We ate throughout the whole day. We started that morning and weighed ourselves, and at the very end of the night, we weighed ourselves out. And all three of us equally gained five pounds.

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

I'm a professional food eater.

Competitive eating is something I can control. I know I can control, and if I push hard, I can win.

I was awful my first time. I was so shy eating in front of people. It was so awkward. But my next contest, I brought a bunch of my family out, and I won that one. I remember I almost barfed because my mom, at the end of the contest, she yelled out, 'Do it for Mama!' Everybody laughed. It was one of the closest I've ever been to barfing.

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.

Pretty much all I'm doing during an eating contest is being uncomfortable and not forgetting to breathe.

I'm more than just a competitive eater. I'm a smart guy. I could be an awesome park ranger.

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

There's no better feeling than knowing I'm going to break the guy next to me. His body will shut down, and I will keep eating. Then I will look out and see a crowd of happy people.

I think many people think competitive eating is a really disgusting sport, so people think they look bad normally. But I care about what I'm wearing. I don't want to be someone who is doing something that is considered gross and then also look like a slob.

If I'm going to get up on stage to eat hot dogs, I'm not going to do it to get third or fourth.

Once I get a rhythm going, I can jump those hot dogs down.

I love all food. All of it. I wish I could be a professional eater.