The unique thing about bodybuilding is that when I compete it is just me on a stage alone. There is no field, no bat, no ball, no skis, no skates. All other athletes have to use equipment, like a football. But I don't use anything in competition except myself. It's just me up there. Me alone. No coach. No nothing.

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

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it.

If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers ... if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men.

You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself.

That is not a drug. It's a leaf.

I didn't mind basic training. It taught me that something that seems impossible at the start can be achieved.