Matt McGorry Quotes

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

I never thought I could win Mr. Olympia when I started my career in 2002.

I don't want to be the second-strongest man in the United States or the second-strongest man in the world. They don't get much attention. I definitely want to be No. 1.

Even when I was on vacation after the Olympia, I was looking for gym to train in. Not only was it 24 hours a day, it was 365 days a year. That may have been a little too extreme, but that is what got me there from that little backstreet gym in England to becoming Mr. Olympia.

I own 170 and 155. These are my weight classes.

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.

Even as a teenager, I wanted to move up the weights and win belts.

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 might go down as well to 125 and try it first in the gym to see how it goes.

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

I've no wish to run into a contest and make a fool of myself, leaving my career in a cul-de-sac. I want to be a success in the sport of bodybuilding.

I got heavier, I got stronger, I won the European championship title in powerlifting, I broke three world records so everything was going perfect.

I don't necessarily need 400 pounds on my back in the squat rack, and then take a picture of myself and send it out to my Twitter followers, 'Part of the 400 pound club today.'

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

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

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym.

I was more of a weightlifter.

I don't lift weights.

I'm not really into weight training.

I like to be strong.

I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier.

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

I want more muscles! I go to the gym three or four times a week with a personal trainer. I can afford that now. I can't put on weight though, no matter how much I eat.

I always lift weights very heavy and spend a lot of time in the weight room.