Austin Aries Quotes

There is a physicality where I had to become a bit bigger to face bigger players.

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

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.

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

I don't criticize weight training - as long as it is not a substitute for aerobic training.

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

I eat a huge breakfast every morning. I do a lot of work at the gym, a lot of power-lifting, a lot of cardio, and I study wrestling tapes.

I was way behind physically in high school. They had weight bars that were about forty-five pounds. I couldn't handle them. Couldn't even put the weights on. It was embarrassing. So I always figured out ways to avoid lifting when I was young.

I lift weights. It's one of the reasons I get up so early.

I had a tryout when I was, like, 19 and totally not prepared. I was 170 pounds with homemade gear. At that point, I realized how far I had to go to even get looked at. Then, when I was 22 or 23, I was much more prepared, and that second tryout went way better.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

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.

I mean, everyone walks into the gym on day one skinny or fat. Arnold Schwarzenegger walked into the gym skinny at 15 or 16, and I was that way, too.

I have to say. I kind of love all that stuff - those physical challenges. I guess there will come a time when I'll get sick of it but at this stage, I just like it all.

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.

And then once in Australia, I really hit the weights hard.

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

I basically go to the gym three times a week to do weight training for one or two hours.

I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.

Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!

I used to be absolutely addicted to the gym and I do still love it.