The Ultimate Warrior Quotes

I was a personal trainer for about a decade. I competed in powerlifting, and I did a bodybuilding competition. I was heavily entrenched in the personal training world.

I quit working in the police force full time only after I won my third Mr. Olympia.

There are a lot of things that can be learned from the darker corners of athletics. You have doctors who view bodybuilders as cavalier amateurs of science. And then you have the bodybuilders who view the doctors as too conservative to do anything interesting. So I've tried to become the middleman for putting some of those pieces together.

I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.

Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that?

I've always been into bodybuilding and keeping in shape, and I just challenge myself to see if I can continue to make improvements.

I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.

I never really liked weightlifting because there is no problem solving, whereas when I am fighting, I am trying to solve a problem, so I don't think about being tired. I box, wrestle, do jujitsu, run up sand dunes; every single day is something different so that I am mentally engaged. That's what makes me want to train longer.

I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.

I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

I train about six days a week. I'm training at the same intensity as I did when I was playing football. I've done it for my entire life, and I love it.

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

I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I was naturally muscular from Day 1.

I love sports. I love being active. I love challenging myself. I was a jock growing up from the time I could walk.

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 been frustrating for me, as I've been injured a lot, but hopefully, I can get more fitness and get time on the pitch.

I wanted to be a baseball player, but I became fascinated with wrestling as a teenager.

I probably train just as hard or harder as everybody.

Fortunately, I'm OK with my body. I try to take care of it. I played a lot of games over a season for several years, so, touch wood, I will stay fit and healthy.

My main goal is to become the most successful weightlifter in history.

Whenever I get a chance to get my reps in, that's a good challenge for me.

Bodybuilding is about building your body. Whether you do it to maintain your fitness levels, climb Everest, run the marathon, or be a competitive bodybuilder is up to you.

The Tae-Bo guy has a good body on him. I believe in evolution as far as lifting and training and building muscle. I was doing functional movement before CrossFit was ever a thing. I was playing football, doing platform lifts, all kinds of wacky kettle-bell stuff before kettle bells were kettle bells.