Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent.

I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.

I remember when I was young, before we started lifting and working out, I looked like I was bench-pressing other humans. I looked different than other girls. I had to be OK with the fact that I had a strong physique, no matter if people looked at me in an accepting way or not.

I wouldn't say I'm the chunky lad who just goes barge, barge, barge, but being strong is an advantage.

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.

My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athletic body.

I'm more proud of my upper body. Let's just say I'm a typical female in that way.

I suppose you've got to look like you're made of steel for nudity. You've got to get some arms on you.

I'm super athletic and I love to work out, and obviously I need to workout for my industry as well, but I love learning something and developing that skill and feeling strong. Girls who can kick butt are hot.

Of course I want to look well and fit - and as an athlete, I want to look strong.

Politics aside, you look at Barack Obama, he is ripped.

A well-maintained physique is a great business card. Ideas and intelligence are what matters, but if you have a well-maintained physique, it's better.

People have this misconception that people with six-pack abs can deliver hits, but that's not the case. Had I built six-pack abs for 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns,' I wouldn't have been able to justify myself.

I know that I don't look like a footballer but I've always enjoyed working out and I've always been bigger than most people out there. I come from big stock. If you see my brothers and me together, we look like a wrestling tag team trio.

I like being the biggest on the pitch, I don't want to look at the other guys and think his arms are bigger than mine.

I'm a receiver. I'm not a bodybuilder.

I used to be a fitness model.

I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I'm ripped, doing something I wouldn't normally do with my body, or having done to it, involving Watson.

I love being physical. It makes me feel like I sickly love the pain of it.

I consider myself a decent athlete but when I started to train martial arts like Kung Fu, I realised it had nothing to do with how athletic you are. It's all mental. It's what you know, how you use it and your mental toughness and composure. It's incredible.

If you could call me buff, my version of buff was when I finished that film [Swiss Army Man].

It's not that hard to climb a pole. All you need are powerful thighs and an empty soul.

Skinny girls look good in clothes, but fit chicks look good naked

I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I wasn't that long and lean, flexible, artistic gymnast. It didn't affect me too much but it got to the point where I tried to be that long and lean gymnast, and it just wasn't possible.

A lot of people probably think I'm not athletic or don't even try to work out or whatever, but I do. Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack. I work out to make sure I can do my job to the best of my ability. Other than that, I'm not going up there trying to be a fitness model.