#417 Arnold Schwarzenegger

It was the summer I turned fifteen. A magical season for me because that year I discovered exactly What I wanted to do with my life. It was more than a young boy's mere pipe dream. Of a distant hazy future.

Confused fantasies of being a fireman, detective, sailor, test pilot, or spy. I knew I knew I was going to be a bodybuilder. It wasn't simply that either. I would be the best bodybuilder in the world.

The greatest. I'm not exactly sure why I chose bodybuilding, except that I loved it. I loved it from the first moment my fingers closed around a barbell. And I felt the challenge and exhilaration of hoisting the heavy steel plates above my head. I had always been involved in sports through my father.

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