“To be successful, however, you must be brutal with yourself and focus on the flaws.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. And as you move up and become successful, make sure also to be hungry for helping others.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“We had a strict routine that nothing could change: we'd get up at six, and it would be my job or Meinhard's to get milk from the farm door. When w were a little older and starting to play sports, exercises were added to the chores, and we had to earn our breakfast by doing sit-ups. In the afternoon, we'd finish our homework and chores, and my father would make us practice soccer no matter how bad the weather was.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Mass is vital to a bodybuilder’s physique. But it is the shape and the quality of this mass that win contests.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I love it when people say that something can’t be done. That’s when I really get motivated; I like to prove them wrong.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“have a vision, trust yourself, break some rules, ignore the naysayers, don’t be afraid to fail.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Training was all I could think about. One Sunday when I found the stadium locked, I broke in and worked out in the freezing cold. Every painful set, every extra rep, was a step toward my goal of winning.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“In the past, before the physiology of abdominal training was well understood, bodybuilders used to do a lot of “conventional” abdominal exercises such as Sit-Ups and Leg Raises. Unfortunately, those are not primary abdominal exercises but instead work the iliopsoas muscles—the hip flexors.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe it 100%,”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Always keep in mind that training stimulates growth, but that actual growth takes place while you are resting.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
