"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."
"Experiencing pain in your muscles and aching, that's what makes the muscle grow. and that divides one from being a champion and one from not being a champion. If you can go through this pain barrier, you may get to be a champion. If You can't go through it, forget it."
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Source: Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revis”, p.413, Simon and Schuster
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