I’m not one of those guys who has to drop ten pounds in the week before a contest. Dorian Yates Read Quote
Lots of people who do bodybuilding want to walk around in tank top and shorts, because they want to show people what they’ve got – and there’s nothing wrong with that. But I didn’t want to do that because I didn’t care what people thought. Dorian Yates Read Quote
I was Mr. Olympia and everywhere I went I had to project this image. After some time you start wondering what part of that is really you and which bit you’re doing because it’s your job. Dorian Yates Read Quote
I kind of stumbled into this. I used to do karate and then I started reading muscle magazines. Eventually, I began training and competing. Dorian Yates Read Quote
Your schedule really gets thrown off when you are traveling. And a schedule is very important when you’re training. Dorian Yates Read Quote
It took me nine years to get to the level of being Mr. Olympia, and it’s pretty much a 24-hour-a-day job every day of the year, really, if you want to compete on that level. Dorian Yates Read Quote
We’re different people. Politics and films were an ambition for Arnold, but never for me. But I would say that his contribution in broad-basing the sport can hardly be matched. Dorian Yates Read Quote
I think what’s perhaps lacking in Indian body builders is advanced knowledge of the sport. You’d be surprised to know that even the average European isn’t really that aware about it either. Dorian Yates Read Quote
A lot of people think growth hormone is going to increase the size of your internal organs which bloats the waistline. So I went and had a battery of tests where they actually measure all of your internal organs and mine were all normal. Dorian Yates Read Quote
