When I was 18 years old I knew pretty much what I wanted to do in life. When I was 18 I knew I wanted to be a pro bodybuilder.

The harder you work and the more you sear and bleed for a win, the sweeter that victory tastes.

It took me 20 years of hard training to get the physique I have today. what you need is what i had - BELIEF IN YOURSELF.

I learned from a very young age that no one owes you anything and nobody's gonna give you a damn thing. But you can have anything you want, if you work hard enough for it.

You wanna be big, you lift big weights. You wanna be little, you lift little weights.

I would never have turned pro training like an average bodybuilder. There is no substitute for intensity.

I think that strength levels go hand in hand with building a great physique. You've got to lift heavy weight to get big - period.