Quotes from Lee Haney

Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent.

Walking is great to be used as an exercise program.

With all of the holiday cheer in the air, it's easy to overlook the ingredients in the foods. Ingredients such as salt, sugar, and fat - all of which leads to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, and cancer.

I know that God gave me the blessing to use, to bring honor and glory to Him, and to use to impact the lives of people.

I've watched a lot of guys through the years, and they hold their breath until they finally win The Big One, thinking then they can exhale and chill out. You have to breathe through life, man. Have fun.

If you like playing basketball, you play basketball. If you like playing golf, you play golf.

A systemic cleansing and detox is definitely the way to go after each holiday. It is the key to fighting high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and other health-related illnesses.

The key to building massive, powerful muscles is to doggedly increase the training weights you use.

When I was 10, I asked my parents for a set of weights. I had my Charles Atlas book to go along with that. Every time we went to the grocery store, I'd rush to the magazine area and read the ones with Arnold Schwarzenegger and all those guys on the covers: 'Pumping Iron,' 'Muscle and Fitness,' 'Muscle Builder by Joe Weider.'

I've stayed basic through all the years. Beans, rice, fish, chicken. Water. Clean water. A must. Green vegetables, fruit, grains, whole wheat.

I benched up to 500 pounds one day and decided that was enough because I knew the risk of a pec tear or a shoulder injury would be catastrophic to my bodybuilding career.

PR is extremely important, and being able to use it in the right way means everything. You have to market your success

When exercising, be sure to focus your attention on what you are doing.

Exercise is one of the best ways in preventing the rapid growth of obesity in America.

When little old ladies recognize a guy who was Mr. Olympia, that's saying something. That means I've been able to cross lines as far as marketability is concerned.

I wanted to be Samson or Hercules from the age of six.

Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.

I was only 24 years old when I won my first Olympia. To be that young and the world champion was a lot of pressure. When I won the 8th one, I had the record. I was on top: that was the absolute best that I ever looked onstage, the best training and prep that I had done, and I had no regrets. I knew it was time to walk away.

I do some dairy. I'm careful on that; it needs to be hormone free. But everybody has to have ice cream!

I don't know any institution in this country that... carries more influence than the church.

I knew that I had to train with intensity and focus, but I never thought about the weight on the bar.

Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate.

The circuit training program along with a healthy clean diet is the way to excellent results.

Beginning with exercise, the best training program available for real results is circuit training.