I’ve no wish to run into a contest and make a fool of myself, leaving my career in a cul-de-sac. I want to be a success in the sport of bodybuilding. Dorian Yates Read Quote
People told me it was impossible to beat the Americans at their own game; there was a lot of politics involved and outsiders didn’t stand a chance. But if you’re good enough, nothing else matters – I’m living proof of it! Dorian Yates Read Quote
I find when I meet people in person it’s different because everyone wants a bit of advice on how to lose a bit of weight. Everybody wants to be in shape and likes to talk to someone who has been there and done it, so I find it is always positive. Dorian Yates Read Quote
As an early teen, soccer is the number one thing that you do – and I wasn’t very good at that. Dorian Yates Read Quote
I came from quite a free background living on this small holding farm, getting on my bike and running round the field and going on little adventures and always felt like a very independent person. Dorian Yates Read Quote
I didn’t have my dad there and I had another mate who didn’t have his father, and you kind of form your own little family and that’s what gangs are, that’s why you have so many gangs now because there are so many kids without fathers that they seek their own male bonding. Dorian Yates Read Quote
I was a pretty fit and physical kid, and my first interest was in martial arts and kung fu with all the Bruce Lee movies. Dorian Yates Read Quote
So I had to change my mental outlook from, ‘wow, this is Lee Haney, the icon we are all trying to aspire to,’ to, ‘this is the guy I am trying to beat.’ I thought, ‘I can’t be in awe of this guy because, if that is your attitude then you’re not going to have much chance of winning.’ Dorian Yates Read Quote
I never started bodybuilding because I thought I’m not big enough, I’m not strong enough. Dorian Yates Read Quote
