If I listened to my instincts, I'd be down at the pub chasing women, not under a 400 pound bar squatting

Back in the 80s we were very cautious about steroids.

If those guys with better genes trained as hard and intense as me, I wouldn`t stand a chance!

All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal.

The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment

Each workout is like a brick in a building, and every time you go in there and do a half-ass workout, you're not laying a brick down. Somebody else is.

At the end of the day it's not a weight contest, it's a visual contest. And it doesn't matter what you say you weigh, if you don't look that big then you don't look that big.