Dorian Yates Quotes

I just want to look like an underwear model.

I have worked too hard on my body. I hope people like it.

For Punjabis like me, we have to work a little harder on our body.

Men work on their bodies. They want to be looked at.

Keep in shape: if you look good, you will feel confident.

Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.

I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into.

When I got the paperwork for Superstars, and I saw they asked what size swimsuit I wear, I had a hot flash, nearly broke into cold sweats and hired a trainer immediately.

I don't need to be super-ripped all year round. That's a pretty miserable way to live your life.

With all due respect, I don't think that having eight-pack abs or 21-inch biceps matter.

I know what I'm doing off the court. Everybody just sees pictures or videos of me, and if it looks out of shape, they just assume that I'm fat or I'm not working.

I just want to be fit because I want to look nice without a shirt.

Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty is to risk desirability, and to risk desirability is to risk entitlement to sexuality and love and self-esteem.

A lot of people like to be supertiny, but I don't want a child's body - I want a woman's body that is extremely fit. It's so much sexier.

When I was 16, I was like any other boy at that age who dreams of having a good physique.

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym.

I have been a big guy all my life, I am not going to lose a bunch of weight, because then you're like that weird fat person that got skinny but still has a big head. I don't want to do that. So I'm just trying.

I'm very hard on myself because I know how good my body can look. Dorie has taught me to use less weight and more repetition so I don't become too muscular.

The whole vanity aspect of building up different muscles - I have no interest.

Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I'm happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look - it's useable, functional muscle.

I do take a lot of pride in my look and I work out - do work out a lot.

I go to the gym a lot, and I see these guys, these young actors or models there, really punishing themselves - I mean, just killing themselves. And then I'll see one of them on a billboard, with the artfully messy hair, looking as though it's just natural and easy to have a body like that.

Personally, having an eight-pack is a high, but professionally, I cannot be obsessed with it. I'm an actor, not a body builder.

I'm a healthy weight for my height, and I like how I look on most days.

I try not to be but I'm super-neurotic about diet. I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic! I'm like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And I'm super-vain. And I want to wear cute clothes.