My supplements are similar to my training - I always commit to being a better version of myself.
I quit working in the police force full time only after I won my third Mr. Olympia.
Bodybuilding is about building your body. Whether you do it to maintain your fitness levels, climb Everest, run the marathon, or be a competitive bodybuilder is up to you.
Progress takes time and discipline.
I train heavy and hard every workout. That's the only way I knew. I know it was the key to my success.
What I've always tried to do is pick short term goals.
You get used to a certain thing, and you don't want to change. Because that's what's worked for you.
No dessert. I don't do dessert.
I eat healthy year round.
I take about 12 weeks to get ready for a show. But I train all year round.
I eat chicken and rice, steak, and baked potato. That's it.
Where I'm from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track - and that was about it.
It's hard to be at your best and to know exactly what is your best at all times because even when you do see yourself, you think you could be better, and you often feel that there is something you could have done differently.
Knowledge is the real power.
The gym is one of the few places where I can just be myself without any hindrances and inhibitions.
Competitive bodybuilding is a niche sport, but bodybuilding is for everybody.
Australia is my favorite place to visit. The fans are great, and the sport of bodybuilding is huge.
Father Time and injuries are tough adversaries.
Because the Arnold Classic is such a big show, a guy who hasn't been getting a lot of recognition all of a sudden does that show and arrives in good condition and is able to take out some of the top guys, it then puts him up there in the running for the Olympia title. So he can get more recognition that way.
The treatment from the Arnold Classic to the Olympia is, of course, a little bit different, but overall the quality of the shows and the way they are put on... I think they are the same. It's just that the Olympia has been around for so long, and it is considered the Super Bowl of bodybuilding.
