Scottie Pippen Quotes

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

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

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

I lift quite heavy weights, but unfortunately no one believes me.

I never started bodybuilding because I thought I'm not big enough, I'm not strong enough.

When I first started training, I guess the fact that I was undersized, it just didn't register initially. Obviously, I knew I wasn't huge and there were some bigger guys in the territories at the time, but I guess I never looked at it as a hinderance.

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.

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.

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 lost my confidence.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive.

I got very fit that week with all the running around that we di. I was always last, because I can't run as fast as everyone else. I'm useless at running.

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.

I run in the morning, lift weights in the afternoon, basketball training at night, and then lift weights again at night.

I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep my body in shape.

As far as working out, I know exactly what I'm doing.

When people have recently asked me my profession, I have not dared to reply.

I was naturally muscular from Day 1.

I hate being skinny and being a little weakling thing.

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don't always feel like I'm a success. That's right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I've just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I'm trying to communicate with.

Sometimes you can doubt your own abilities to do certain things. We get nervous, we get stuck, or we're not sure if we can live up to what we want to do.