Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

“If you can go through the pain period, you make it to be a champion. If you can't go through it, forget it. And that's what most people lack: having the guts - the guts to go in and just say... "I don't care what happens"”

“Desire something and don't just care what you have to go through to get it.”

“Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.”

“Start wide, expand further, and never look back.”

“I had this child, and it destroyed my family.”

“My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.”

“With strength and determination you can do anything you want in life, as long as you believe in yourself, because if you don't, no one else will.”

“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.”

“The percentage of gays is the same, probably, as anywhere. Most bodybuilders are straight, regular street guys, though a lot aren't serious. Many in California are punks, beach bums just lying around in the sun and maybe collecting unemployment.”

“It's the most important decision I've had to make since 1978 when I decided to get abikini wax. [On his running for California Governor]”

“I think that we have to do everything we can to work together, Democrats and Republicans, and then if we go the initiative route like we have done in the past, go together.”

“With Maria Shriver, he raised four fantastic children. In the wake of a scandal he brought upon himself, he tried to keep his family together.”

“I don't criticize myself; I criticize my body.”

“The secret of success is to make your mind work for you - not against you. This means constantly being positive, constantly setting up challenges you can meet - either today, next week, or next month etc.”

“When I was playing soccer at the age of 14, the first thing we'd do before going out onto the field would be to climb up on one another's thighs and massage the legs; it was a regular thing. None of us had a thought of being gay, absolutely not, and it's the same with most bodybuilders.”

“Look, I'm an immigrant, so I know what it is like to dream about coming to America and then to get here and be able to make your dreams a reality, ... Of course, there are millions of people who want to come here. Let's help them, let's find a legal way t”

“I think that every job that you can save is important. Every job that you can create is very important and it should not be the number one reason why we invest in infrastructure to create jobs.”

“My instinct was to win, eliminate anyone who is in competition, destroy my enemy and move on without any kind of hesitation at all.”

“You can have results or excuses. Not both.”

“I believe in "love it, or change it" rather than "love it, or leave it."”

“We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make sure our children have the books, that they have a place in the castle. We want to make sure that their mothers have affordable day care. We want to make sure we give the older people the care that they need.”

“Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.”

“Whatever I thought might hold me back, I avoided. I crossed girls off my list, except as tools for my sexual needs.”

“Having chicks around is the kind of thing that breaks up the intense training. It gives you relief, and then afterward you go back to the serious stuff.”

“Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.”