Someday the world is going to know who I am-just be hearing my first name.

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.

It is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.

Let me be really here, here in this place and this time where I am.

I didn't want to be a headshot and get a chance to go compete to sing-that's not me.

Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward.

Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on.

Just being alive is such a gift, but nobody ever told you to be thankful to existence.

The ego is an island in the ocean of Hell. You want to get rid of the Hell but you don't want to get rid of that island. Then there is trouble.

Who has smelled the woodsmoke at twilight, who has seen the campfire burning, who is quick to read the noises of the night?

A few hints as to the craft may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!

Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.