I would never have turned pro training like an average bodybuilder. There is no substitute for intensity.

I learned from a very young age that no one owes you anything and nobody's gonna give you a damn thing. But you can have anything you want, if you work hard enough for it.

I always go heavy and I always go to failure.

You wanna be big, you lift big weights. You wanna be little, you lift little weights.

The harder you work and the more you sear and bleed for a win, the sweeter that victory tastes.

I train for two reasons. Number one, I love working out, and number two, I want to win. You can't win if you don't train to the best of your ability.

It took me 20 years of hard training to get the physique I have today. what you need is what i had - BELIEF IN YOURSELF.

I think that strength levels go hand in hand with building a great physique. You've got to lift heavy weight to get big - period.

When I was 18 years old I knew pretty much what I wanted to do in life. When I was 18 I knew I wanted to be a pro bodybuilder.

I kept getting the odd sensation that I was in fact perfectly stationary, and that I was pushing the world around under my feet.

Don't judge a person by how important he is or how big he is. Judge a person by the strength of his character or size of his heart.

It is not the mountain that is our problem but the absence of knowledge on how to deal withthe mountain.

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

I've gotten nothing but warmth from the Black community and positive feedback.

I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut.

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.

If you find that a point cannot be made without narration, it is virtually certain that the point is unimportant to the story (which is to say, to the audience).

Eventually, time takes care of everything. The trouble with procrastination is that people give up on it too soon.