Answer Quote by Aaron Patzer

When I got into this sport, I thought all I had to do was beat people and finish fights, and everything else would take…

— Demetrious Johnson

Bodybuilding saved my life because I overcame the nerd stage. I got picked on. I was fascinated with power, and then I decided to…

— Lou Ferrigno

Gym class was, of course, where the strongest, best-looking kids were made captains and chose us spazzes last. More important, it was where the…

— Ayelet Waldman

I was terrible at sport at school. I was fat, which made things slightly tougher, but it also meant that people were encouraging to…

— Romesh Ranganathan

I always thought the best part about sports was the bigger, faster kids who were supposed to be more athletic than me - I…

— Roy Nelson

Sports were a way for me to get comfortable with my body. I learned to appreciate everything I could still do.

— Oksana Masters

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

— Dan Gable

Growing up, there was a lot of negativity that I could have been a part of. Fitness was a way to stay on the…

— Davante Adams

It was a big change for me not to go into the weight room and train like a football player - I'd been programmed…

— Mark Schlereth

I had discipline in other areas but certainly not in athletics.

— Lucas Till

To me, getting muscular was the first thing I ever achieved by working at it, and it was a game changer for me, because…

— Henry Rollins

To play the role of a sports champion, I first needed to break my body and become supremely fit to convincingly look like a…

— Tahir Raj Bhasin