It’s therapy. It’s just something to do so you’re not lost in your own not-so-nice thoughts, and it’s an opportunity to think about something a lot nicer and to do something that’s with more purpose. So you do it, and you take your passion and you put a lot into it, and at some point you get recognized for it. But that recognition doesn’t mean the man is without his own demons or without his own struggles.

Is it 10g of protein more or 10g of protein less, who cares, just get started

I am a believer, I am believer that we shape and create the life that we choose, and I believe that the tool that we have to do that, is our mind.

We are here to learn and to make our dreams realized.

It's like you have to save your own life, nobody is going to be your savior for you, so we have to do what we have to do, no matter what it is

It’s a very interesting thing to try to be your absolute best—not a percent better or a percent worse than that.

I think your posing and your onstage presentation is yet another piece of the craft. So anytime you get onstage to show the muscles and show the finished work, that should be looked at with the same kind of respect and appreciation. I'm glad everybody else appreciates it, but I still want to get better.