Eddie Hall Quotes

I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.

In 1959 I had broken the bench press record by lifting 565 pounds, and I could lift 715 pounds from a squat.

By the time I was 15 and I stepped in the high school gym, I was just stronger than everybody.

I like to be strong.

I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding.

I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way.

Even though the weight I'm lifting isn't what it was when I was playing, it's not like I'm not lifting weights that are heavier than the common person would lift. I think a lot of people look at that and say, 'Whoa!'

When it comes to strength, I reckon pound for pound I'm one of the strongest in the whole UFC.

There is no one stronger than Mitrovic - no chance. When you see him lifting weights, you know it's not possible.

I've picked up a lot of muscle weight. I have to be a physically strong guy.

I knew I wasn't soft. I knew I could play on this level and I knew that being in the paint was just a physical position that I wasn't strong enough for. I wanted to get myself strong enough where I could be dominant down there.

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

I'm used to big boys. I train with big boys all the time.

My life revolves around World's Strongest Man. I want to be the World's Strongest Man.

There is a physicality where I had to become a bit bigger to face bigger players.

I always wanted to be the strongest man on the field. Most of the time, they said I was lifting too much but I didn't believe in that at all.

The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.

My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because she's really strong.

I used to be known as one of the strongest guys on the planet.

I was happier going back to my roots: training like men do in my hometown of Pittsburgh. Back home the guys in the gyms don't lift to look good; they're lifting to lift. They do it because they want to squat more and bench more.

Let's just say I'm a physical guy.

I've been lifting weights since I was literally 15 or 16 years old. My muscles are short and powerful and built to lift heavy weights, not to be graceful and glide around a dance floor.

I used to be a very, very heavy weight lifter. I weighed about 210, 215. And I used to put a lot of weight on my back. I squatted over 500 pounds.

When I see muscles that are more defined that I hadn't seen before, it's exciting. I love a muscular figure. It feels like an accomplishment, and it makes me feel strong, and I love having a strong body.