Interview Quotes

The Power of Vision and Purpose

"If you don't know where you want to go or who you want to be, you eventually just float around and you eventually crash."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 00:04:15

"I always say that I feel sorry for kids today that are spending hours and hours on that iPhone or an iPad or computer and they don't give themselves that chance to just settle back and to just figure out what do they want to do or who do they want to be."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 00:30:11

"Failures make us learn. Failures make you stronger. Pain makes you stronger."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 01:14:26

On Hard Work, Sacrifice, and Resilience

"I never believed in plan B because I felt kind of like one of the rules we have in my book is never listen to the naysayers... but if I start having a plan B, then all of a sudden I'm becoming, in a way, a naysayer to myself."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 00:54:19

"You're always at risk and therefore I have to be at all times on the edge and a 10 so I don't fall where I would need a safety net."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 00:56:49

"I think that I am the most privileged person in the world... to be able to live this many types of lives, to live the life of an athlete, of an amateur, of a professional, to really get the inside scoop."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 01:06:50

Giving Back and Community

"I am not a self-made man. I was created by my mother and my father. I was created by my teachers, by my coaches, by my bodybuilding champions."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 01:10:04

"Don't look always in a mirror. Don't look at yourself. You know, destroy that mirror. You will be able to look beyond that mirror. And then you will see the millions of people that need your help."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 01:10:48

Perspective and Wisdom

"I learned from meditation was how to kind of like, first of all, rejuvenate the mind and to kind of disconnect the mind. But also what I learned was how to focus on one thing at a time."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 01:25:05

"If you just look at it one thing at a time, you'll be able to solve any problem."

— Arnold Schwarzenegger • 01:27:08