There are so many things that you think will look cool but then you look like an idiot!

I always use my 'Holy Trinity' which is salt, olive oil and bacon. My motto is, 'bacon always makes it better.' I try to use bacon and pork products whenever it can.

I believe that there is always something new to learn, in fact, that is one of the three reasons that I chose to become a chef, that my education is never over.

Taste as you go. When you taste the food throughout the cooking process you can make adjustments as you go.

I think people need more to do in their life if my hair pisses them off.

Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable.

My mom was a great cook so I always wanted to eat and make stuff. I did cooking in 4-H but it wasn't until I was out of college that I decided I wanted to make this my career.

There are many places that people can produce really good food. I wouldn't limit it to an area of the country, it's what the chefs have in them.

My hair is always a big topic. It is just hair.

It's not sticky unless it touches itself.

This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it.

Each time demands its own kind of film.

All growth depends upon activity.

I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth weve already been seeing in Colorado continue.

For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.

The most important thing, the biggest love of my life, is my snooker. Ive never been so emotionally ingrained in something - in a person, an object, anything - as I have in snooker.

I don't chase what everyone else is looking for. Being creative is all about you.