Obviously, I’ve made statements that were ludicrous and crazy and outrageous and all those things, because that’s the way I always was.
Never follow the crowd. Go where it’s empty.
You must see it. You must believe it. And then you must never stop working to make it happen.
Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.
The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.
All exercises that you do with your own bodyweight are great.
My instinct was to win, eliminate anyone who is in competition, destroy my enemy, and move on without any kind of hesitation at all.
I can zero in on a vision of where I want to be in the future. I can see it so clearly in front of me, when I daydream, it’s almost a reality. Then I get this easy feeling, and I don’t have to be uptight to get there because I already feel like I’m there, that it’s just a matter of time.
I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.
I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.
If I see a girl with big tits, I’m going to stare and stare. And I’m going to think in my mind what I am going to do with her if I would have her.
What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.
Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.
Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.
If you have the attitude of a young person and you work like a young person and you keep your body in shape, and if you believe that you can do it, then you can actually make other people also believe that you can do it.
Luck is for the ill-prepared.
As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.
If you want to be a champion you cannot have any kind of an outside negative force coming in to deflect you.
Look for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure.
The pain that you hold is yours. There is not a single pain quite like it. Nobody else on God’s green earth can feel this pain, or have the indescribable feeling of pride you will have when you overcome it. This pain is not your curse; this pain is your privilege.