Channing Tatum Quotes

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 want to get more muscly.

The fact that I am as lean as I was in 2008, I'm stronger than I was in 2008 I think I have the potential to be as fast as I was.

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.

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

The whole vanity aspect of building up different muscles - I have no interest.

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

The successful men I admired all built their bodies.

When I see muscles that are more defined that I hadn't seen before, it's exciting. I love a muscular figure. It feels like an accomplishment, and it makes me feel strong, and I love having a strong body.

I want to do an action movie where they say, 'Go the gym and get ripped like Linda Hamilton.'

I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up.

I grew up watching Salman Khan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have always juggled fitness with acting. In real life, I'm a fitness freak. Besides, it is nice to look at an actor who is fit, and if you become a role model, that's a perk.

When I was 7 or 8, I'd go to bodybuilding shows with my family because they had friends who were into it, and it became something I wanted to do one day. I wanted to look big and strong.

I still want to look good while training hard and throwing down.

Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I'm getting more dangerous. I'm getting stronger and stronger.

You should never be afraid of looking athletic or building too much muscle.

I want to continue to expand my game a little more, build my body and work on staying strong so I can play the way I've been playing, and holding my ground the way I've been holding my ground.

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.

The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.

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

When I was playing football, I was getting up to 240 pounds, and they wanted me to get to 260.

As a kid, what brought me in the gym, what got me in there every day was a chance to break your personal best, a chance to be strong; I just really, really dig that.

I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works.

I think the two most important parts of any athlete's workouts are his leg workouts and his core training.