Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

The use of mental imagery is one of the strongest and most effective strategies for making something happen for you.

I'm already a tiny person, so now I'm trying to go to the gym to add muscle. I need it!

Visualization - it's been huge for me. Your mind doesn't know the difference between imagination and reality. You can't always practice perfectly - my fingers will play a little bit out of tune, or my dance moves might not be as sharp - but in my mind, I can practice perfectly.

I pretty much spend most of my time in the gym bulking up and staying fit and putting muscle on so I can play the part of Luke Cage, but I've never been a gym rat.

It's not really in my genes to be walking around looking like a body builder.

I wasn't a 97-pound weakling. I was an 80-pound weakling.

I need to improve my physical play and get as big and strong as I can.

You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.

You should never be afraid of looking athletic or building too much muscle.

Combine your mental images with the emotion of desire to accelerate their realization.

I picture success and winning. The body has a physical response to mental images of winning.

Exercise and sports are greatly affected by what goes into the mind, and the mind is greatly affected by sports and exercise as well. This is true among exercisers at all levels, despite their different goals. A major element in mental training is visualization ... Visualizing a positive outcome can create a pattern of success, as long as you set realistic and specific goals.

The whole idea is to enable you to see mentally the picture at all hours of the day.

A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared

I was always fascinated by strength. Arnold was an idol of mine.

I tend to focus on core work most of all in the gym.

I started CrossFit before WrestleMania 33, and it's helped my body get a lot stronger.

I do some weightlifting, a lot of different weight stuff, strength and conditioning stuff, a little bit of everything.

Go out and do your drills that you do to try to get better. You lift your weights, try to take things from the classroom to grass, try to get better every day.

Now I know a lot about my body, like how important it is to eat well, as it makes you stronger in the end and helps prevent injuries. Or when you train, do you just start to shoot, or do you have a good warm-up first?

I'm playing against men who are bigger and stronger than I'm used to. I've definitely got to bulk up at some point.

Instead of fighting your problems, picture your way out of them.

Feel the power of your legs, hear the orchestra playing, see the audience - anything to make the image more real. The image has to be specific. You can't just say to yourself, 'I'll do my best.' You have to have a mental blueprint of that role in your mind.

VISUALIZE!!! Rehearse your future.

First and fore-most, you must have confidence. Your second mental problem is concentration. Think the shot through in advance before you address the ball. Draw a mental image of where you want it to go and then eliminate everything else from your mind, except how you are going to get the ball into that preferred spot.