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" I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate. "

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" Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely. "

" I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man. "

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" There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family. "

" I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever. "

" As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. "

" No one saw the recession coming. "

" When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite. "

" Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye. "

" Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them. "

" If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. "

" I shoot from the hip. "

" I'd like to think I'm a great teacher. "

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" I mean, families are weird. "

" You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary. "

" I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow. "

" I won't let people write anything they want to about me. "

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" There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A. "

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