Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Learned helplessness is the giving up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.
As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.
Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.
I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.
