Bodybuilding quotes
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I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I mean anything. The secret is to make your mind work for you not against you. This means constantly being positive. Constantly setting up challenges you can meet either today, next week, or next month. "I can't..." should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
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From the bodybuilding days on, I learned that everything is reps and mileage. The more miles you ski, the better a skier you become; the more reps you do, the better your body.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
There are some girls who are turned on by my body, and some others who are turned off. but for the majority i just use it as a conversation piece. like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd street would have a natural conversation piece. then when they get to talking to me they see i am not mean but gentle to them and thats all they want to know
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
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You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Experiencing pain in your muscles and aching, that's what makes the muscle grow. and that divides one from being a champion and one from not being a champion. If you can go through this pain barrier, you may get to be a champion. If You can't go through it, forget it.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
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.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. Let's say you train your biceps, blood is rushing in to your muscles and that's what we call the pump. Your muscles get a really tight feeling like your skin is going to explode any minute and its really tight and its like someone is blowing air into your muscle and it just blows up and it feels different, it feels fantastic.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
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Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
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.
-- Branch Warren -
I always go heavy and I always go to failure. Even when I tell myself I'm gonna go easy, once I get to the gym and start working, I never end up going easy. I hate leaving the floor feeling like I could have done more weight or more reps. I just love working out and going further than I ever did before.
-- Branch Warren -
I would never have turned pro training like an average bodybuilder. There is no substitute for intensity.
-- Branch Warren -
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When you got a guy that has purpose, now your in a dog fight.
-- Daniel Cormier -
All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal.
-- Dorian Yates -
The path to added muscle is consuming more calories than the amount needed to keep your current bodyweight unchanged.
-- Dorian Yates -
Shoulder width is an absolute requirement for displaying the V taper that will make or break your physique.
-- Dorian Yates -
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I started training bodybuilding in 1983.
-- Dorian Yates -
It is harder to be a lifter than a bodybuilder...lifting is purely masculine whereas bodybuilding entails feminine traits. Bodybuilding reminds me of a woman getting ready to go somewhere. Can you tell me that greasing your body up and posing in front of a mirror is masculine? A bodybuilder puts strength secondary to his physique, whereas the lifter puts strength foremost because it is more masculine to do so.
-- Doug Hepburn -
I'm the strongest bodybuilding who ever lived, I think.
-- Franco Columbu -
To be successful in bodybuilding you have to be a good observer
-- Frank Zane -
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Nothing is as important to muscle growth as good nutrition.
-- Fredrick Hatfield -
Your mind is the strongest and most valuable muscle you can grow in the gym.
-- Greg Plitt -
Gold's was the first bodybuilding gym made for bodybuilders.
-- Joe Gold -
Bodybuilding is an art, your body is the canvas, weights are your brush and nutrition is your paint. We all have the ability to turn a self portrait into a masterpiece.
-- Kai Greene -
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In the beginning it wasn't bodybuilding competition that motivated me, it was just getting muscles and getting big. And certainly it has evolved for me since then. I think I'm still evolving.
-- Kai Greene -
Bodybuilding has been the tool that single-handedly taught a little black boy from the projects to use his mind to achieve success. it taught me to see things for what they can be. I had 17-inch arms; I imagined them to be 24 inches. The power of my mind allowed me to achieve what I imagined.
-- Kai Greene -
Ive always been into bodybuilding and keeping in shape, and I just challenge myself to see if I can continue to make improvements.
-- Kevin Nash -
Rule of thumb: Eat for what you're going to be doing, and not for what you have done. Don't take in more than you're willing to burn off.
-- Lee Haney -
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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.
-- Lee Haney -
Bodybuilding is the closest we have to the fountain of youth.
-- Lee Labrada -
I've made many good friends in bodybuilding, though there are few I'd trust to oil my back.
-- Lee Labrada -
Just for the record, I'm in favor of drug testing EVERY year just as long as it's a level playing field. The problem arises that a lot of these substances are hard to detect. So, it's very difficult to have true, drug-free bodybuilding competition, especially on the professional level.
-- Lee Labrada -
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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.
-- Lee Labrada -
Bodybuilding isn’t 90 minutes in the gym..it’s a lifestyle
-- Lee Priest -
Bodybuilding saved my life because I overcame the nerd stage. I got picked on. I was fascinated with power, and then I decided to take that direction because I knew that it would make me feel good about myself
-- Lou Ferrigno -
WAIT TILL THEY SEE THESE ARMS IN AFRICA. THEY LOOK BIG ENOUGH TO ME
-- Lou Ferrigno -
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Believing in myself and not to be afraid of taking any risks. I have to be better than the average person to succeed. That’s why I chose bodybuilding. If I became a world champion, if I could win admiration from my peers, I could do anything.
-- Lou Ferrigno -
All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.
-- Louis Zamperini -
You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.
-- Louis Zamperini -
Bodybuilding is men on a stage in their underwear wearing brown paint showing other men their muscles. It is training for appearance only, and at the contest level requires a degree of vanity, narcissism, and self-absorption that I find distasteful and odd
-- Mark Rippetoe -
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The most important lesson I've learned is that the most productive exercises are simple and compound.
-- Markus Ruhl -
I am for the muscles. I would like to have a lot of muscles, because women like it. I'm for bodybuilding, but it's very exhausting.
-- Michel Houellebecq -
The theory of high-intensity, anaerobic, bodybuilding exercise is not true because I or anyone else, no matter how many might agree, say it is true. It is the fact that the logic of the theory is unassailable which makes it true.
-- Mike Mentzer -
Plain free-weight squats work better for me than anything.
-- Nasser El Sonbaty -
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Work harder than anyone you know, and be lucky enough to be blessed with the genetics it takes.
-- Nasser El Sonbaty -
I will persist until I succeed!
-- Og Mandino -
Get over it people, I worked my ***** off.
-- Phil Heath -
When I played basketball, I spent hours On the court practicing. When i became a body-builder, I was in the gym all the time. Like most beginners, I didn't really know what I was doing, but the more I did it, the more I loved it. I guess you could say I was a gym rat. Seeing my body change made me come back for more.
-- Phil Heath -
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Going to the gym was never about 'working out' like it is for most people. To me, It was a matter of life or death. It was either me or the weights-and I was going to win. I've always had that competitive streak, whether it was in the gym, on the stage, or In anything else I did.
-- Rich Gaspari -
ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIENCES IN LIFE IS ACHIEVING PERSONAL GOALS THAT OTHERS SAID WOULD BE, 'IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTAIN.' BE PROUD OF YOUR SUCCESS AND SHARE YOUR STORY WITH OTHERS.
-- Robert Cheeke -
Someone could have an outstanding comprehension of a bodybuilding diet and a background in nutrition but not have the work ethic and desire to put it into practice. That person won’t be as successful as the person who understands some basics and puts them into action regularly.
-- Robert Cheeke -
There is no "I" in "Team," but there is an "E" for "Everyone." A team achieves more when everyone contributes.
-- Robert Cheeke -
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Do nice things for people who may be less fortunate than you.
-- Robert Cheeke -
Most people are afraid to follow their dreams. The thought of failure is too much for them to handle so they never even try to achieve them.
-- Robert Cheeke -
Laugh a lot. Laughter will make even the dreariest situations a whole lot more enjoyable.
-- Robert Cheeke -
When I accomplish a challenging goal it is one of the most powerful and wonderful feelings in the world.
-- Robert Cheeke -
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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.
-- Robert Cheeke -
Despite what we may think, we are all talented in our own unique way.
-- Robert Cheeke -
The people who wake up and jump out of bed with energy and enthusiasm are the people who will be smiling all day, go out of their way to help you, and call you by name.
-- Robert Cheeke -
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.
-- Robert Cheeke -
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Most of us have the tools we need, we're just not sure how to use them.
-- Robert Cheeke -
The ability to make and keep promises is the key aspect to trust in a relationship.
-- Robert Cheeke -
You really can give a 110% effort towards something that you are truly passionate about.
-- Robert Cheeke -
We are all capable of living each day with a fiery passion and sense of purpose that radiates in our smile and voice.
-- Robert Cheeke -
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Bodybuilding is not only a sport but first an ART.
-- Serge Nubret -
Trust me when you love something you don't need motivation.
-- Serge Nubret -
If you don't follow a good nutritional plan, you're bodybuilding with one arm behind your back.
-- Shawn Ray -
Bodybuilding has been my life; if it weren't for bodybuilding, I don't know what I'd be doing. I look at bodybuilding as who I am.
-- Tom Platz -
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The psychological tools I've gained from bodybuilding will never atrophy.
-- Tom Platz -
Bodybuilding is 80% nutrition!
-- Vince Gironda -
All singers, no matter how gifted, should always try to go improve. And all students begin in the same place despite the level of their talent. It's like bodybuilding: All people who train use similar exercises no matter how naturally physically endowed a person may be. I have worked with many of the most brilliant singers in modern music and it's always the case that they have a great deal of under-realized potential no matter how amazing their abilities.
-- Gary Catona -
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
-- Margi Preus -
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Bodybuilding is about making oneself seem larger than life. It's about creating the illusion of perfection.
-- Mariah Nelson -
Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.
-- Ronnie Coleman -
I always say to myself right before a tough set in the gym, Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.
-- Ronnie Coleman -
Women really do pay attention to a man's glutes. A tight, compact ass is often voted even more desirable than muscular arms and chest. So, if you're lacking, start squatting!
-- Ronnie Coleman -
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I've been training so long, its second nature to push myself to the limit.
-- Ronnie Coleman -
I have had quite a few injuries during my time and if you are not injured in this sport [bodybuilding], you are not doing anything.
-- Ronnie Coleman -
Just because your triceps have fallen behind your biceps, doesn't mean you should back off your triceps workouts.
-- Ronnie Coleman -
Bodybuilding isn’t 90 minutes in the gym..it’s a lifestyle
-- Lee Priest -
