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" If you're feeling adventurous, grill up some marinated octopus. It's so healthy. "

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" Kids want to saute, to cut the pizza, to see how the ingredients come together. If you let them do the fun stuff, they'll develop skills and interests that will stay with them forever. "

" Losing my sister to cancer was... That was the worst thing in the world, man. "

" I don't know what singers feel like when they make a song and people clap along and love it, but when people walk up to me and say the food was outstanding, that's what it is all about. I cook because I like to make people happy. "

" Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too. "

" 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. "

" I'm a chef, I own restaurants, and there's a behavior in the kitchen you have to have. "

" When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart. "

" People need to take a little bit more risk. "

" There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car... this is going to be unbelievable. "

" My first words were always about food - I grew up in northern California, and when I was 10 years old, I had my own pretzel cart business. "

" Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don't fall at least 10 times, then you're not skiing hard enough. "

" I am just a regular dude who happened to make it. That's all I am, man. Maybe I was preparing myself in some lifetime to become this person, but I never thought I'd have every rocket shooting off at one time. "

" I always tell my family - and they laugh about it - but someday, I will write a vegetarian book. My cousin, who's a big vegetarian, tells me flat out, 'You're my favorite vegetarian chef.' "

" I'm a stocky 210 pounds. "

" Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it! "

" I was even more of a Hagar fan when he was just Hagar and not Van Hagar. "

" At first, people think about vegetarian food like, 'Here's some veggies. Here's some pasta.' But there's so much more you can do in the vegetarian and vegan world. "

" My parents were all into macrobiotic cooking and natural cooking, and my sister was a vegetarian. I wasn't down with that. "

" I wanted to work in corporate restaurants. "

" 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 never knew I would go this far, but I was told by people it wouldn't happen, and now I own four restaurants, and I have one of the best shows on the Food Network. I'm living in the Super Bowl of food. "

" Everybody has their role in the food world and what they choose to appreciate. I'm not a fine dining chef. I appreciate it. I think Thomas Keller is amazing. But I really like where I'm at; I like what I do. I like how it makes people feel. "

" 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. "

" A lot of people who like sushi don't really like raw fish or seaweed. "

" I'm a big greens fan. I'm a big vegetable fan. I'm a big whole grains fan. And I exercise a lot. That's how I keep this petite dancer's figure. "

" I tell anyone who will listen to me: On a cruise, you can be with all these people, or you can be by yourself. You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I'm a cruise convert. "

" After a show, people say, 'I bet you want to just sit back and relax.' No way. First thing I want to do when I'm home is cook. "

" I look at a basketball laying on the ground, and it makes me think of something. Popcorn ball. How 'bout a spicy popcorn ball? That is how my mind is always working. "

" Kids love food. It's about putting materials out there that get kids thinking about food - to get kids interacting about food. It's about simple things, like kids thinking about pasta - getting kids to work with food. "

" I have the best agents in the world. "