If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.

I remember one guy, Reg Park, a British bodybuilder, who entered Mr Universe when he was very young. But he won it and continued to win it a second and third time. So, he was my idol. I read everything about Reg Park and followed his footsteps and trained like him. I said if he could make it, I could make it. It was a blueprint, basically, for how to get there, to win the championships.

I think that if it is - has to do with global warming, or if it has to do with raising the minimum wage, or if it has to do with lowering prescription drugs for vulnerable citizens - all of those things are people issues, not Democratic issues or Republican issues.

I think one thing that is extremely important is to connect with people in order to be successful and bring the people in so that they become your partners.

I make my protein drink with whiskey. People think I'm crazy, but that's the way I am. I get stoned, I do my own thing.

Discipline is what you use when you don't want to do something, when you have to force yourself.

Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now