When you love something as much as I love bodybuilding you don't have to do much extra to push yourself, it just happens. There were some tough times and when those came up I just used my mental strength to push through knowing that my mind controlled everything.

I always say to myself right before a tough set in the gym, Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.

Just because your triceps have fallen behind your biceps, doesn't mean you should back off your triceps workouts.

When you love something as much as I love bodybuilding you don't have to do much extra to push yourself, it just happens. There were some tough times and when those came up I just used my mental strength to push through knowing that my mind controlled everything.

I know that in order for something to work for me it has to be extremely powerful.

thank god for pure natural strength

I used to think that my career was to be a police officer, and that is what I was put here to do. But I always kept the faith and always worked hard on my goals and I finally found out on Sept. 25, 1998, why I was put here - (God) called me here to be Mr. Olympia.