When it comes down to it, it really is the little things that count most.
When you succeed be proud of yourself and know that not everyone gets to experience the thrill of success on a consistent basis.
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.
Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for somebody. Watch what you say and know that you're responsible for your actions.
The people who put limits on your abilities, goals, or dreams, may not be the people you want to associate yourself with.
Dare to be different. Successful people always stand out.
Plain free-weight squats work better for me than anything.
I've made many good friends in bodybuilding, though there are few I'd trust to oil my back.
I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.
Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.
When I was 15-years-old, I took off my clothes and looked in the mirror. When I stared at myself naked, I realized that to be perfectly proportioned I would need twenty-inch arms to match the rest of me.
Remember all the people in your life who helped guide you on your road to success. Thank them sincerely and often.
Before starting a fitness program or diet, know why you're doing it. Have specific goals with deadlines and visualize the end result each night before going to bed.
When I accomplish a challenging goal it is one of the most powerful and wonderful feelings in the world.
It is worth it to give up all that you now are to be all that you could become.
Take time to compliment people every day. Do it sincerely and with no desire to gain anything but a smile in return.
What I'm against is a sport that rewards mass for the sake of mass to the exclusion of all other physical properties of the physique. In other words, there comes a point where, if you keep adding muscle mass, the human body loses its beauty, shape and form. That's what I'm against.
My understanding about nutrition is not what I'd like it to be, so for a long time my dieting strategy was very crude. It's only very recently that I started to accept different ideas like using vegetables and natural seasonings that don't compromise the sodium and caloric value of the food while at the same time giving it some flavor. I'm still evolving; everybody is or at least should be in bodybuilding.
There's one thing that I've liked over the years when I've promoted bodybuilding and fitness and my movies and politics and issues and so on is to stay focused.
Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?
Nobody knows you better than you do.
When going for a run, I pick fresh air, openness, and scenery of the outdoors over a treadmill every time.
There is a Tony the Tiger inside of all of us just waiting to be unleashed.
Learn to see the big picture. Often times we get tunnel vision and lose sight of the big picture and what we're really trying to accomplish.
Friends come and go but 200lbs is always 200lbs.
