As a kid I always idolized the winning athletes. It is one thing to idolize heroes. It is quite another to visualize yourself in their place. When I saw great people, I said to myself: I can be there.

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

When you have a well developed body and you're confident, you see people bending your way, wanting to be on your side, wanting to do things for you.

I can look at a chick who's a little out of shape and if she turns me on, I won't hesitate to date her. If she's a good f**k she can weigh 150 pounds, I don't care.

Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies.

If you want to be a champion you cannot have any kind of an outside negative force coming in to deflect you.

I've heard all my life that 'this is impossible, you can't make' it and 'you're going to fail' but I didn't listen to them and I made it.