No matter what you do, you first have to have a vision... to see your goal, to believe in it, have faith in it and chase it. And then it's fun to chase it. If you don't have a goal or a vision, then you have nothing.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.

I had this child, and it destroyed my family.

I think most of my lessons come from sports. That's why I always emphasise to young kids to get involved in sports because it's where you learn about discipline. It's where you learn to keep going, where if you think you can't make it, you can.

I never wanted to be a career politician. I always am interested just to take on challenges that everyone says are impossible to do and to take it on.

In [my] youth I was smacked around.