Takeru Kobayashi quotes:

I've been to the Empire State Building with four friends, and it was very beautiful at that time around midnight.

I basically go to the gym three times a week to do weight training for one or two hours.

I realized crime isn't the only way you can judge people. People can do good things, and people can do bad things. It's probably better to understand people for the good things they do.

Stimulation-wise, I might be a little bit addicted when it comes to pushing my body to extremes.

I just grill chicken and make very simple cuisine.

I was able to participate in New York Fashion Week and walk down the runway. I participated in a pizza contest in Canada.

I could easily go one or two days without realizing that I'm so, so hungry. That's the negative outcome of what I've become.

About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.

[H]uman beings...make a limit in their mind of what their potential is. They decide, "I've been told this," or "this is what society tells me," or they've been made to believe something. If every human being actually threw away those thoughts...the potential of human beings is great, it's huge, compared to what they actually think of themselves.

Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best.

I know that I have a special stomach.

One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.