The big dog!...admired and respected by his peers for what he did for the body building universe, no question about that.
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When he was just becoming a name in his early years and asked on the Johnny Carson show about his having trophies and if he had a trophy room, Arnold proclaimed, "I have my share of trophies, but I don't pay much attention to trophies. I carry a trophy with me every day. I am my trophy."
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I bought his #1 book back when I was working out...some 2 1/2" - 3" thick, 20 lb. (?) huge encyclopedia of everything anyone would want to know...wherein he wrote about why his workout routine was so superior to the routine of his competition.
One point that he made was that he was able to put his mind into whatever muscle group his was working...even into the singular muscle...he became that muscle.
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