He’s lived a full life.
king Joey Chestnut is dishing on their highly anticipated rematch — and what retirement has been like since throwing the napkin on the table in 2010.
“Unless I think each match is my last one, I will not be able to perform at my peak level,” he said. “This has really brought back the feeling of how much fun it is to push yourself.”“I’m putting a lot of stress on my body, like any competitor in any sport,” he said. “That’s part of the attraction of this sport, I believe: to always be close to danger or to death. I never focused on the negative aspects, because once you do that you step on the brakes and don’t try to test your limits.”Making it into the elite upper echelons of competitive eaters mainly takes willpower, according to Kobayashi.
“I don’t want to be in the spotlight any more. I don’t want to walk around and see a lot of people,” he recalled of time after competing.Kobayashi has also felt lingering impacts from his days behind the table. He no longer feels hungry and has other neurological issues related to nausea around food. But that’s not all bad news.
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