Monday, July 25, 2005

"I'm coming day and night"

I just watched Pumping Iron, the 1977 documentary that made Arnold Schwarzenegger famous. Here are my favorite things Arnold had to say:

1. "The greatest feeling you can get in a gym, or the most satisfying feeling you can get in a gym, is the pump. Let’s say you train your biceps; blood is rushing into your muscles, and that’s what we call the pump. Your muscles get a really tight feeling, like your skin is going to explode any minute - you know, it's really tight, it’s like somebody blowing air into your muscle. It just blows up and it feels different. It feels fantastic. It’s as satisfying to me as coming - you know, as having sex with a woman and coming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of coming in the gym, I'm getting the feeling of coming at home, I'm getting the feeling of coming backstage when I pump up, when I pose out in front of 5,000 people I get the same feeling. So I'm coming day and night. I mean, it’s terrific, right?"


2. "I was always dreaming about very powerful people, dictators and things like that. I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years, you know - or even, like Jesus you know, being for thousands of years remembered."

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