You can never find a candidate that will agree with everything you believe. Then you would just have a clone and that doesn't exist.

Here's what you must do. It's pretty simple, really, but I didn't say easy. It's what sets those who succeed apart from those who don't: You must have a sincere and burning desire to achieve what you dream, dedicate yourself to making progress, and take control of your circumstances to change your body.

I'm a competitive bodybuilder; I'm not training just to be healthy. Ninety-five percent of the people training with weights are into this health thing, and it's a different mentality entirely.

I think actions speak louder than words. You can do all the hyping you want. It doesn't mean anything.

You must see it. You must believe it. And then you must never stop working to make it happen.

The Body Is Very Important, But The Mind Is MORE Important Than The Body

To go in the direction that I went takes a lot of work. And I don't think you can do the work - the five or six hours of working out a day - if you don't have a clear goal or know why you're doing it. If you just hang out at the gym and train for five or six hours a day without a goal is almost impossible.