There's nothing pretty about competitive eating. It might be uncouth, but it is fun, and it is lighthearted. Joey Chestnut More Quotes by Joey Chestnut More Quotes From Joey Chestnut I came out fast and then I slowed down faster than I would have liked, i tried to adjust, I tried to chew more, make it easier for my throat to swallow, but I was just slowing down. Joey Chestnut us-news I did bad, he deserved to win, i've been looking for a competition for a long time and now I have it, and now he's made me hungry. Joey Chestnut top-news I just had trouble, i was slow and he was eating fast. Joey Chestnut top-news Seafood is one of the easiest things to digest - a bratwurst is really hard on the body. Joey Chestnut things seafood hard body I love king crab a lot. I love good Mexican food, good tacos, and chile rellenos. Joey Chestnut king good food love I'm really normal except for the competitive eating. Joey Chestnut competitive except normal eating I have the craziest dreams when I'm digesting a massive amount. It feels so real, it's psychedelic. Joey Chestnut dreams craziest psychedelic real I love food, and not surprisingly, I often suffer from stomach upsets when I overeat in general, let alone when I'm competing. Joey Chestnut suffer alone food love 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. Joey Chestnut dogs eat stage hot I've strained some muscles here and there, in my throat, even my jaw. Nothing that doesn't heal quickly. Joey Chestnut here nothing some muscles I have the greatest job in the world, and my life revolves around my love for food - particularly devouring hot dogs. Joey Chestnut my-life food love life Honoring our nation's heroes and their caregivers is a cause very important to me - especially on Independence Day. Joey Chestnut nation day me independence The crowd loves a record, and if they're gonna be standing out there in crazy, blistering heat on the 4th of July, I mean, if they're doing it, I may as well try and give them a record. Joey Chestnut doing try standing crazy I think food brings people together, and it makes people happy. Joey Chestnut together happy food people I was 21, and I was in college, and I'd eat real healthy during the week, and then on the weekends I would reward myself, and I'd just go to town on whatever my parents had in the fridge. And my little brother would be like, 'Hey.' And so it was actually him that begged me to do my first contest. Joey Chestnut parents myself me brother I like going to the doctor, being vigilant, being told that I'm healthy so I can push myself. Joey Chestnut doctor push myself i-can I've signed babies' arms. I wanted to pull a 'Ricky Bobby' and sign a baby's forehead. Joey Chestnut pull forehead sign baby I love hot dogs. Joey Chestnut hot-dogs dogs hot love I was able to get a civil engineering degree and travel around the world and eat. Joey Chestnut eat engineering world travel I'm lucky. My parents are, like, super hippies. They were just happy I was going to school and I wasn't getting in trouble. Joey Chestnut parents lucky happy school
