The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.
The wolf on the hill is not as hungry as the wolf climbing the hill.
I found a new me. When I first came over to America, it was like, ‘How can I be rich? How can I build my movie career? How can I become the most muscular man?’ It was all about me, and then there was this turn, and I found it was really great to do this.
If you are gonna wear gloves when you lift, just make sure they match your purse.
The most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump.
You can have results or excuses. Not both.
Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure.
The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.
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.