Quotes from Ronnie Coleman

I'm always trying to improve on my overall package. Just try to get a little bit harder and maintain the same muscle quality.

I quit working in the police force full time only after I won my third Mr. Olympia.

Where I'm from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track - and that was about it.

Knowledge is the real power.

I work out every body part twice a week, and that is what helps me stay in shape.

I have had quite a few injuries during my time and if you are not injured in this sport [bodybuilding], you are not doing anything.

I train heavy and hard every workout. That's the only way I knew. I know it was the key to my success.

Progress takes time and discipline.

Because the Arnold Classic is such a big show, a guy who hasn't been getting a lot of recognition all of a sudden does that show and arrives in good condition and is able to take out some of the top guys, it then puts him up there in the running for the Olympia title. So he can get more recognition that way.

Time between sets should be short and just long enough so that you are sufficiently recovered to hit the next set hard.

For the most part, I would say that I have always had a great love for the sport, just doing what I do. I think my success could be greatly attributed to that. I don't look at it like it's a job or anything like that. Its more like a hobby, something I have fun doing.

I'm a body builder, so we do a lot of stuff on repetition.

I'll be a diehard bodybuilder until my last breath, but I want my brand and the movement we are creating to touch all aspect of the fitness community.

Father Time and injuries are tough adversaries.

You have to train the best way that is suited to you, a way that will allow you to progress.

It's just really cool to see high profile trainers, athletes, and celebs using my products and loving them.

The treatment from the Arnold Classic to the Olympia is, of course, a little bit different, but overall the quality of the shows and the way they are put on... I think they are the same. It's just that the Olympia has been around for so long, and it is considered the Super Bowl of bodybuilding.

Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder.

Most people know who I am. Then I get the people who don't know who I am and just want to take a picture with a guy with muscles. I get more people that know me than anything.

Even at the age of 12, I knew I had to become a bodybuilder. I don't know why or how, but I just knew.

I am not a trainer, hence I cannot advise youngsters on the use of supplements or the way to build their bodies. But I can tell them one thing that I did - find a good, honest trainer.

Bodybuilding is about building your body. Whether you do it to maintain your fitness levels, climb Everest, run the marathon, or be a competitive bodybuilder is up to you.

When I graduated from college, I tried my hardest to get a job at an accounting firm, and it just wasn't meant to be. I ended up delivering pizzas and newspapers. I knew my life was cracked up to be a little more.

Competitive bodybuilding is a niche sport, but bodybuilding is for everybody.