I mean, it is a compliment, but it is very important to let people know: I really appreciate you saying that, but I'm a creation of all of this help. I mean, I think people meant it as a compliment that you were able to motivate yourself to accomplish these things. So I didn't become governor because I'm self-made I became governor because people voted for me.īut it was a compliment. The people of California voted for me to be governor of California. Especially when I think about coming to America, it was Joe Wheeler that helped me to come over here, got me the airline ticket, helped me get the apartment and the car. I have been helped by my training partners, by my friends. I'm a creation of my coaches, my teachers. I hate when someone says, "Oh, Schwarzenegger is the perfect example of a self-made man" because I'm not. I think that we have to be aware of the fact that we are creations by a lot of people. It's going out and using your energy and your time for something good, which means for yourself but also and always to think about other people. I mean, being useful is not just hanging back and making mistakes. Is being useful the same as not being useless? You're doing something for somebody rather than just for yourself and looking in the mirror." So he would make sure that you knew what being useful meant. But at the same time, you're doing something useful. And so, "Why couldn't YOU chop wood? And then therefore, you would get muscles, you get strong, get great energy, you will look great. He's a Hungarian boxer, European champion, and he trains by chopping wood. I looked up to this famous boxer by the name of Laszlo Papp. Just to give you an example, I was studying bodybuilding at the age of 15, and my father would say, "Why are you lifting these dumbbells and barbells? Don't you think it would be better to just go out and chop some wood and shovel some coals for some poor people that don't have anyone?" It was common in those days: neighbor kids would go and do that kind of chore for older people so that when the fall comes, they have it for the winter. Well, let's assume for a second I didn't know what it meant. You understood a deeper meaning of what being useful meant. But even at that young of an age, you understood what that meant.
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