Arnold Schwarzenegger

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

So let me tell you, as you prepare to go off into the world, remember six rules: Trust yourself, Break some rules, Don't be afraid to fail, Ignore the naysayers, Work like hell, and Give something back.

Mentally it is possible to break records, once you understand that, you can do anything.

Normal people can be happy with a regular life, but there is more to life than just plodding through an average existence.

Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.

You must see it. You must believe it. And then you must never stop working to make it happen.

Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure.

When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.

Global warming is one of those things, not like an earthquake where there's a big bang and you say, 'Oh, my God, this is really, has hit us.' It creeps up on you. ... Half a degree temperature difference from one year to the next, a little bit of rise of the ocean, a little bit of melting of the glaciers, and then all of a sudden it is too late to do something about it.

If I train the hardest, run the longest, go beyond what anyone else has the mental determination to do, I will be the winner.

If you want to be a champion you cannot have any kind of an outside negative force coming in to deflect you.

I had a clear vision of myself winning the Mr. Universe contest. It was a very spiritual thing, in a way, because I had such faith in the route, the path, that there was never a question in my mind that I would make it.

As a kid I always idolized the winning athletes. It is one thing to idolize heroes. It is quite another to visualize yourself in their place. When I saw great people, I said to myself: I can be there.

It all comes from the mind. I've seen the most incredible success stories because a person had a dream and it was so powerful no one could touch it. He'd feel it, believe it, think about it all day and night. That would inspire him to do things necessary to get the results he wanted.

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?

For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the full legal protections and safeguards I believe everyone deserves.

Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?