Phil Heath quotes:

When I played basketball, I spent hours On the court practicing. When i became a body-builder, I was in the gym all the time. Like most beginners, I didn't really know what I was doing, but the more I did it, the more I loved it. I guess you could say I was a gym rat. Seeing my body change made me come back for more.

Being Negative and Lazy is a disease that leads to pain, hardship, depression, poor health and failure. Be pro active, and give a damn to achieve success!

Personally, I like one hand preacher curls with dumbbells. You don't have to do 100 pound dumbbells to get a burn. Heck I can do 35- 45 dumbbells and get something out of it. It's also great for guys that travel. It's the one piece of equipment that most hotels always have.

When you pick up your first magazine you definitely hope you can be like the guy on the magazine. That's usually why you start lifting.

Actually to be a champion your goal is to be a little bit better each day, making sure that every day is an opportunity to be at your best.

Arrogance is an exaggeration of the truth.

I'd probably be better in an action role and even a more comedic role as I find myself pretty hilarious.

Get over it people, I worked my ass off.

If it was easy everyone would be a champion, so you've got to decide if you're that person that's going to be a champion.

I'm always the guy on tour that tries to get guys chatting and a lot of banter back and forth so I definitely feel that a lot of bodybuilders have that comedic side in them, they're just a little bit more introverted.

It's an honour and a privilege to meet people who look at you as their idol , they actually lose weight and gain muscle because of you. I can only tell them thank you for letting me be that person for them.

My fans are just amazing, all over the world I've been greeted by people with smiles on their faces by what I do at the gym and what I do on stage, and how can I not be excited when i'm getting ready for a contest and how can I not be pumped even when I'm tired.

The mindset of a champion is that I put myself in a certain situation to win, I don't play to lose, I dont prepare to lose, I hate second place and I definitely don't like silver.

The money will go but the trophies will always be there.

There's no way in hell I could have achieved what I have without being a good student and listening to the wisdom of others