I set out to be the best and I am.

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

Posing is a performing art.

Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure.

You can have results or excuses. Not both.

The greatest feeling you can get in a gym, or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is... The Pump.

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

The wolf on the hill is not as hungry as the wolf climbing the hill.

If you are gonna wear gloves when you lift, just make sure they match your purse.

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

I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.

Don't try to be happy, just be happy. Because your happiness does not depend on others. Be the reason for your own happiness.

Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.

All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.

We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families.

Who knew that all this time the nectar of the Gods was in my va-jay-jay.

The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife--because the music hadn't been beautiful enough.

It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal man, aided by science and directed by superior skill.

My children are babies and my husband has scarcely half an hour in 24 to give me.

Faith: Pretending to know things you don't know.

I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer.