There is no reason to be alive if you can't do the deadlift!

There is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift

— Jon Pall Sigmarsson

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But…

— Henry Rollins

Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight.

— Ronnie Coleman

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“There is no reason to be alive if you can't do deadlift.”

— Jon Pall Sigmarsson

If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got.

— Marian Diamond

I don't believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn't have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular…

— Steve Reeves

There are no shortcuts. The fact that a shortcut is important to you means that you are a pussy.

— Mark Rippetoe

They can crack jokes. They can sit back and analyze and criticize and make all the fun they want. But I'm living my life,…

— Kai Greene

To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority…

— Fredrick Hatfield

The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying…

— Dorian Yates

“There is no reason to be alive if you can’t do the deadlift! — JON PALL SIGMARSSON Now”

— Michael Matthews

Fall down seven times, get up eight.

— Margi Preus

Your love for what you do and willingness to push yourself where others aren't prepared to go is what will make you great.

— Laurence Shahlaei