Arnold Schwarzenegger

For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat ...
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I have inhaled, exhaled everything.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever ...
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Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn't count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

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

As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

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.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.

I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.

I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.

I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

I have inhaled, exhaled everything.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.

I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.

I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.

I would never exchange my life with anybody else's.

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas, bring me big ideas to match our future.

If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.

'I'll be back' always sounded a little girly to me.

I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.

I'll be back.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

I'm sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.

In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

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

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

Maria is the best reason to come home.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe, I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

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.

No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

Political courage is not political suicide.

One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

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

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

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

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot of practice. You get to figure out as you go from one debate to another where you made your mistakes. By the time you get to the big debate you're pretty polished.

Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher, our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.