When you pick up your first magazine you definitely hope you can be like the guy on the magazine. That's usually why you start lifting.

When I played basketball, I spent hours On the court practicing. When i became a body-builder, I was in the gym all the time. Like most beginners, I didn't really know what I was doing, but the more I did it, the more I loved it. I guess you could say I was a gym rat. Seeing my body change made me come back for more.

It's an honour and a privilege to meet people who look at you as their idol , they actually lose weight and gain muscle because of you. I can only tell them thank you for letting me be that person for them.

My fans are just amazing, all over the world I've been greeted by people with smiles on their faces by what I do at the gym and what I do on stage, and how can I not be excited when i'm getting ready for a contest and how can I not be pumped even when I'm tired.

Arrogance is an exaggeration of the truth.

The money will go but the trophies will always be there.

If it was easy everyone would be a champion, so you've got to decide if you're that person that's going to be a champion.