3 P’s of bodybuilding: Persistence, Perseverance and…

Learn to see the big picture. Often times we get tunnel vision and lose sight of the big picture and what we're really trying…

— Robert Cheeke

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

“The barbells and dumbbells you hold in your hands and the way you use them have stories to tell.”

— Craig Cecil

My first bodybuilding competition was the 2003 NPC Northern Colorado, where I was a light-heavyweight weighing in at 192 lbs. I was very nervous,…

— Phil Heath

After school I would go to the gym where I actually did Olympic weightlifting. And usually that night I would do bodybuilding stuff, core,…

— Mat Fraser

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

— Jon Pall Sigmarsson

When working out, play your favorite music loudly for an extra boost of energy.

— Robert Cheeke

A lot of guys have better genes but if you work hard and consistently, you can outperform them.

— Frank Zane

The only way to be a champion is by going through these forced reps and the torture and pain. That's way I call it…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I got into bodybuilding very young - I was 13.

— Harley Pasternak

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

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

People ask me why I work so hard and why I have this compassion to reach the top and be great. I respond by…

— Robert Cheeke

Gold's was the first bodybuilding gym made for bodybuilders.

— Joe Gold

Bodybuilding isn’t 90 minutes in the gym..it’s a lifestyle

— Lee Priest

Most people use excuses to cover up mistakes, but it takes less time to do something right the first time.

— Robert Cheeke