Bruno Sammartino 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.

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 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.

The true measure of strength is through a squat and deadlift.

I remember watching World's Strongest Man as a kid, and I was just obsessed with it. At sort of five, six years old. Just watching these huge guys lift planes, pulls trains, lift stones - I was just mesmerised by it.

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

I've been doing a lot of deadlifting and squatting for overall strength.

I hate it when anyone in the gym can deadlift more than me.

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

I've always wanted to be the strongest in my school, in my class, everywhere. I don't care if I'm in year seven, I wanted to be the strongest in the school.

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

I can squat 405. I'm proud of that - that's one of my favorites.

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!'

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.

I like lifting weights. And there is a cardio element to lifting if you're doing it the way I do it.

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

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.

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

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

I'm freakishly good at squatting.

I never lift weights.