Most pro bodybuilders have bad relationships with their fathers. We want to prove something.

I'm a Republican. I may go into politics myself.

You are going to have bad days and have good days.

Believing in myself and not to be afraid of taking any risks. I have to be better than the average person to succeed. That’s why I chose bodybuilding. If I became a world champion, if I could win admiration from my peers, I could do anything.

Computers can bully us. A slow and unreliable system will bring even the toughest soul to their knees as they find themselves completely defenseless against the erratic whims of their rogue machine.

I never think about losing.

Close to birth... I lost, like, 80 percent of my hearing, and I had difficulty speaking.