“I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.”

“He saw Hercules in the movie theater time after time, hour after hour, examining Park, judging him, admiring him, and, ultimately, promising himself that one day he, Arnold Schwarzenegger, then thirteen years old and poor as he was, would be like him, would even surpass Reg Park.”

“You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself.”

“Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me.”

“I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.”

“The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.”

“In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.”

“I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.”

“Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”

“Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.”

“For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.”