Quotes on Bodybuilding

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

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.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

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

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

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

And I quoted from Nietzsche: That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.

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?