You have to fight, you have to have courage for what you really want

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

Obviously, I've made statements that were ludicrous and crazy and outrageous and all those things, because that's the way I always was.

We made, actually, history, because it was the first time ever that doctors could prove that a lifelong Republican has a heart.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.