For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight.
I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow.
If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got.
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.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment
Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
I've made many good friends in bodybuilding, though there are few I'd trust to oil my back.
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
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