Ayesha and Stephen Curry’s Marriage: See the Couple’s Best Quotes

A slam dunk marriage! Ayesha Curry and Stephen Curry are one of Hollywood’s cutest couples. The Food Network host and the NBA star met at church when they were teenagers. Their relationship blossomed into a beautiful marriage with three incredible children, Riley, Ryan and Canon. More than a decade later, the happy couple is still madly in love.

Ayesha and Stephen started off as just friends until one date brought up romantic feelings for each other. While the point guard was playing for Davidson College, he met up with the cookbook author in Los Angeles. Sparks flew, and the couple got engaged in 2010 in his parents’ driveway. The spot is sentimental for the pair who actually shared their first kiss there too.

“Yeah, it was like The Notebook. The plan was to act like we were going to a family cookout,” Stephen told Parents in April 2016. “So we pulled up to the house, and I stopped in the middle of the driveway, got down on my knee, and went into my spiel. Little did I know the whole family was looking out the window, videotaping the moment.”

On July 30, 2011, Stephen and Ayesha said “I do” in Charlotte, North Carolina. One year later, they welcomed their first child together, daughter Riley Elizabeth Curry. She instantly became an internet phenomenon when she joined Stephen at a press conference during the 2015 NBA finals. Riley hilariously interacted with the reporters, showing that she inherited both of her parents’ great sense of humor.

In 2015, the family grew with the arrival of their second child, Ryan Carson Curry. As if the Currys couldn’t get any more adorable, Ayesha gave birth to their first son, Canon W. Jack Curry, in 2018. The family of five celebrated the power couple’s 10-year anniversary in the cutest way possible in September 2021. The Ayesha’s Home Kitchen host opened up about the big surprise that Stephen planned in a candid Instagram post.

“A couple of weeks ago @stephencurry30 surprised me with the most beautiful vow renewal ceremony. He even picked out my dress for me and had it waiting,” Ayesha wrote on Instagram. “Our big girl Riley officiated and Ryan and Canon walked me through the grass of our backyard. It’s everything I’ve always dreamed of but didn’t know could be possible in this way. A moment I will never forget.”

Both Ayesha and Stephen have successful careers of their own. He is regarded as one of the best point guards in the NBA, winning three championships with the Golden State Warriors. His wife has judged multiple reality cooking shows on Food Network before landing a show of her own. She also serves as the host and producer of Family Food Fight on ABC, and launched her own film production company. Together, Stephen and Ayesha are an unstoppable pair!

Scroll to see their sweetest quotes about their lasting marriage.

Ayesha on How She Knew She Wanted to Marry Stephen

In a January 2019 interview with HelloGiggles, Ayesha got candid about her secret to her lasting marriage. The pair have always focused on communicating with each other, something she noticed early on in their relationship. She knew right from the start that she wanted to marry the ESPY winner.

“I think it’s when I realized how humble and selfless he was. And honestly, he’s so funny, I don’t think a lot of people know how funny he is,” she said. “When I realized I could just let go and laugh and be myself around him, and that even with everything he had going on in his life at the time he was still this humble, kind, generous, gentle person, I knew that’s who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.”

Stephen on Their 10-Year Anniversary

Stephen and Ayesha celebrated their 10-year marriage anniversary at home, and he continued to gush about their decade together in a September 2021 interview with People. The athlete was supposed to share new details about their charity, Eat. Learn. Play Foundation, but he couldn’t help but talk about his beautiful wife.

“We just celebrated 10 years of marriage of marriage,” he said. “So I still have that feeling. I know this isn’t supposed to be the part of the interview, but definitely. Not just her beauty, but a lot of stuff that comes from the ideas of what Eat. Learn. Play. is, and just her heart for service is a big reason why we’ve been able to do the things that we get to do.”

Ayesha on Cooking With Her Husband

Ayesha is always cheffing up delicious recipes at home that are featured in her cookbook, The Seasoned Life. Early on in their relationship, Ayesha would cook for Stephen when he came over to her parent’s house. Now, sharing meals together in the summertime is something that Ayesha values more than ever before.

“He’s out of season,” she told The Knot in September 2016. “We have time to [create meals] and enjoy each other’s company.”

Ayesha on Falling in Love

When it comes to looking back on the early days of their relationship, Ayesha recalled in a December 2020 interview with People about professing their love for each other. She told her future husband that she loved him first, and he didn’t say it back. It wasn’t until a few months later when they were dating that Stephen dropped the L-word.

“We were watching a movie and he turned to my ear and he said, ‘I love you.’” she said. “Mind you, my parents were sitting right there. His parents were sitting right there. Our siblings are sitting right there. I was trying to sit and watch the movie, but I was freaking out. It was so special because I knew he meant it.”