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

If I can see it and believe it, then I can achieve it.

I didn't mind basic training. It taught me that something that seems impossible at the start can be achieved.

If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

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.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.