There is no "I" in "Team," but there is an "E" for "Everyone. " A team achieves more when everyone contributes.
The bodybuilding world has lost one of its greatest legends. I had a chance to speak with Steve Michalik a year ago at The Upper State Bodybuilding competition. We laughed and shared our personal opinions about bodybuilding [today's scene and how it was in the past]. Steve, we'll miss you. R. I. P.
People ask me why I work so hard and why I have this compassion to reach the top and be great. I respond by telling them, "I work insanely hard because people said I couldn't do it. " When someone tells me I can't do something, or that I'll never achieve my goals and visions, I am determined to prove them wrong.
Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.
Biceps are like ornaments on a Christmas tree.
Be someone's best friend and be there when he or she needs you.
I'm the strongest bodybuilding who ever lived, I think.
A vegan diet is one of the best things you can do for your health and the well being of our planet.
We all have 1,440 minutes each day to accomplish everything on our schedule. We are accountable for prioritizing the decisions we make with our time.
People tell me I'm a perfectionist. They tell me I'm too extreme and that I work too hard. I tell them, that is all I know how to do. I was taught to give my best effort in everything I do and demand perfection and raise the standard of excellence to a whole new level.
Bodybuilding is the closest we have to the fountain of youth.
Some of us are fortunate enough to have known what we wanted to be since the day we were born.
I never set limits or created mental barriers. You may have read that I imagined my biceps as big as mountain peaks when I did my curling exercises. This visualization process was essential if I was to gain the kind of mass and size I needed to win the mr Olympia contest against monsters like Sergio Olivia and Lou ferrigno.
Some people in Hollywood think I'm nuts with this bodybuilding stuff. They'll say, 'You're getting too big. You'll hurt your career. ' But they don't understandthat high that comes from a workout, the challenge, and the personal victory.
Take time to compliment people every day. Do it sincerely and with no desire to gain anything but a smile in return.
When you got a guy that has purpose, now your in a dog fight.
You have thousands of choices and decisions to make everyday. You have the right to not go to the gym, you the right to follow poor nutritional habits, you have the right to overwork yourself and not get enough sleep. You must accept the fact that your physique has suffered because of the choices that you make everyday.
There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it's impossible to turn back.
People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle.
Go out of your way to make an outstanding first impression.