iron quotes  "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deed     could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and     sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, who knows the great devotion, who     spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he     fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor     defeat"  Theodore Roosevelt    "True winners are made when nobody is watching".       A wall of a locker room      "Courage is Grace under Pressure".       Ernest Hemingway      """If you believe in yourself, have dedication, pride, and never quit, you'll be a winner. The      price of victory is high, but so are the rewards"". "       Paul "Bear" Bryant    """You have to discipline yourself, and through this discipline will come some level of      achievement, and from this achievement will come your pride"". "  unknown    """I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing things he fears to do, provided he keeps      doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him"". "  Eleanor Roosevelt    """Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the      really great make you feel that you, too, can become great"". "  Mark Twain    "Pain is weakness leaving the body".       A Navy SEALS Saying    "The way we endure that which we must endure is more important than the crisis itself".       Harry S. Truman    There is no failure except in no longer trying.       Elbert Hubbard          "If you can squat heavy and have solid shits, what more can you ask of life?"  Jon Paul Sigmarsson - WSM winner    """Always remember that the squat, bench press and deadlift are the cornerstones - the foundations of your training"". "   Brooks D. Kubik : HARDGAINER Magazine    "Remember, it takes YEARS to achieve maximum development, regardless of how hard or how sensibly you train".   Brooks D. Kubik : HARDGAINER Magazine    "After all your hard training, especially as a hard gainer, plenty of rest and sleep is a must . . . And get all the sleep you can handle at night. This is when nerve energy is regenerated, cellular waste elimination takes place, and the majority of muscle growth occurs".  John Leschinski : HARDGAINER Magazine      "For a hard gainer to get big, strong and very impressive is a truly great achievement - one done against the odds. It demands an indomitable spirit and hard-gainer character".  Stuart McRobert : Editor HARDGAINER Magazine    "If you wanna get strong - downright strong- you gotta do the big one, the squat".   --Rickey Dale Crain, 'Hardgainer' Magazine.    """There's an old fashioned formula for growth: Squats + Milk + Lots of food and rest = GROWTH"". "   --Stuart McRobert : Editor of 'Hardgainer' Magazine.    """For the typical skinny hardgainer to add substantial muscle, a lot of food needs to be consumed. In some cases heavy consumption. The easiest way to consume a lot of nutritious calories is to drink milk and concoctions from out of the blender. Hence the traditional reliance upon milk for a considerable portion of a day's intake calories"". "   --Stuart McRobert : Editor of 'Hardgainer' Magazine.    """The back squat is King for building size and strength....it should be regarded as THE most useful free-weights exercise"". "   --Stuart McRobert : Editor of 'Hardgainer' Magazine.      """Once you can squat with 180 kilograms, your arms and shoulders will come along much more receptively...If you want big arms and shoulders, your first priority is to be sure that your leg/hip/back structure is growing and becoming powerful"". "   --Stuart McRobert : Editor of 'Hardgainer' Magazine.    """The squat is a brutally hard exercise to work to it's absolute limit, especially for high reps....If you want want to grow some substantial muscle then you'd better accept the need for some substantial discomfort and true gut-busting effort"". "   --Stuart McRobert : Editor of 'Hardgainer' Magazine.    """So long as you can deadlift safely and well, be sure to pay your dues on the deadlift as it can give a much bigger poundage potential than the squat and deliver a ton of productive and satisfying training"". "   --Stuart McRobert : Editor of 'Hardgainer' Magazine.    "Squatting is the most superior exercise for weight and strength gains".   --Rickey Dale Crain 'Hardgainer' magazine.    "To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority in bodily strength is borne out by the long history of mankind paying homage in folklore, song and poetry to strong men".  From Fred Hatfield - Powerlifting : A Scientific Approach      "For every bad thing about the sport, though, the self-knowledge that you are strong - stronger than any man - more than compensates for them all".    "Powerlifters spend time looking in the mirror. Not in the sense that body-builders do, but more to observe the total structure. More to observe the tremendous power that resides within".      "You will sense it; you will be awed by it; and your fellow men will indeed, as he has done for thousands of years, pay you homage".      "Try not! Do or do not! There is no try…"  Yoda