When I started out in the industry, I turned to magazines like ‘Flex’ and ‘Muscle & Fitness’ – the people on their covers were my inspiration. Phil Heath Read Quote
When I decided to become a bodybuilder, I actually marked down a date. It was Oct. 8, 2002. The rest is pretty much history. It was an amazing feeling to know that I had the potential to become a champion. Phil Heath Read Quote
You can give me credit on a skilled sport – golf, basketball – but when it comes to someone’s appearance – how often do guys compliment another man on anything? They find it feminine. Phil Heath Read Quote
It can be 10 people or thousands of people: I want them to see something special. I want them to say, ‘I saw the best in the world at something,’ and maybe that will inspire them to go do something in their life with the same vigor. Phil Heath Read Quote
Every so often, I’ll look at myself in the mirror and go, ‘You’re a bad mother,’ you know? Like, ‘You’re a bad dude, man, and you’re gonna show the world who you are when the time is right.’ Phil Heath Read Quote
I’ve done, on video, 150-pound dumbbells in each hand -I think it was, like, twenty two reps – on an incline. Phil Heath Read Quote
I received a lot of criticism early in my career, but people didn’t realize that I’d only been training for three years when I turned pro. Phil Heath Read Quote