Frases de Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“El primer deber del Gobierno y la mayor obligación es la seguridad pública.”

“El culturismo es muy similar a cualquier otro deporte. Para tener éxito, debes dedicar el 100% a tu entrenamiento, la dieta y el enfoque mental.”

“El fracaso no es una opción. Todo el mundo tiene que tener éxito.”

“Como ustedes saben, yo soy un inmigrante. Yo vine aquí como inmigrante, y lo que me dio las oportunidades, lo que me hizo estar aquí hoy, son los brazos abiertos de los estadounidenses. Me han recibido. He sido adoptado por los Estados Unidos.”

“Todo lo que tengo, mi carrera, mi éxito, mi familia, se lo debo a los Estados Unidos.”

“Mis queridos estadounidenses, quiero que sepáis que creo con todo mi corazón que Estados Unidos sigue siendo el gran ideal que sirve de inspiración al mundo. Es un privilegio nacer aquí. Es un honor convertirse en ciudadano aquí. Es un regalo formar tu familia aquí, votar aquí, y vivir aquí. Nuestro presidente, George W. Bush, ha trabajado duro para proteger y preservar el sueño americano para todos nosotros. Y por eso digo, ¡enviadlo de nuevo a Washington, cuatro años más!”

“Mis queridos inmigrantes, mis queridos estadounidenses, ¿queréis saber si sois republicanos? Yo os diré cómo. Si creéis que el Gobierno es responsable ante la gente y no la gente ante el Gobierno, ¡sois republicanos! Si creéis que una persona debe ser tratada como individuo, y no como un miembro de un grupo de interés, ¡sois republicanos! Si creéis que vuestra familia sabe administrar vuestro dinero mejor que el Gobierno, ¡entonces sois republicanos! Si creéis que se debe pedir responsabilidades a nuestro sistema educativo por el progreso de nuestros hijos, ¡entonces sois republicanos! Si creéis que este país, y no las Naciones Unidas, son la mayor esperanza para la democracia en el mundo, ¡entonces sois republicanos! Si creéis que el sueño americano se puede alcanzar si trabajáis lo bastante duro como para ganároslo, ¡entonces sois republicanos! Y, damas y caballeros, si creéis que debemos ser duros e implacables para terminar con el terrorismo, ¡entonces sois republicanos! Hay otra forma de saber si sois republicanos. Si tenéis fe en la libre empresa, en la ingenionsidad de los estadounidenses, y en la economía de Estados Unidos.”

“Gray Davis, puede ejecutar una campaña sucia mejor que nadie, pero no puede dirigir un Estado.”

“Yo soy un gran creyente de la educación, porque cuando yo crecí en Austria, cuando crecí en Austria tuve una gran educación. Tuve grandes maestros.”

“En cualquier caso, este es un momento increíble para mí. Pensar que un chico flacucho de Austria podría crecer hasta convertirse en gobernador del estado de California, y estar aquí… en el Madison Square Garden y hablar en nombre del presidente de los Estados Unidos. Eso es el sueño de cualquier inmigrante. Es el sueño americano.”

“My hair was pulled. I was hit with belts. So was the kid next door, and so was the kid next door. It was just the way it was. Many of the children I've seen were broken by their parents, which was the German-Austrian mentality. Break the will. They didn't want to create an individual…. It was all about conforming. I was one who did not conform and whose will could not be broken. Therefore I became a rebel. Every time I got hit, and every time someone said, 'You can't do this,' I said, 'This is not going to be for much longer, because I'm going to move out of here… of course, I had no plan how.”

“In sports, you learn competition means go after it, win it. And not to let anything else interfere. It's something you learn, and it sticks with you. I consider myself an expert in looking into a particular idea or goal and then going after it without anything else in mind… It's always the same kind of thing. You pick a goal, and then you just go after it, accomplish it, and get satisfaction out of that.”

“This guy is just fumbling around.”

“She maybe is Puerto Rican or the same thing as Cuban. I mean, they are all very hot. They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it.”

“28% of the greenhouse gasses come from eating meat and from raising cattle, so we can do a much better job. … Luckily we know that you can get your protein source from many different ways, you can get it through vegetables if you are a vegetarian. I have seen many body builders that are vegetarian and they get strong and healthy.”

“Yes I have used them, but no, they didn't make me what I am. Anabolic steroids were helpful to me in maintaining muscle size while on a strict diet in preparation for a contest.”

“There is another way you can tell you’re a Republican. You have faith in free enterprise, faith in the resourcefulness of the American people, and faith in the U. S. economy. To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: ‘Don’t be economic girlie men!”

“According to interviews Goyette gave to Leamer for his book "Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger," the two had a brief fling in 1975 when she was a teenager.”

“I used steroids. It was a risky thing to do, but I have no regrets. It was what I had to do to compete. The danger with steroids is overusage. I only did it before a difficult competition – for two months, but not for a period of time that could harm me. And then afterward, it was over. I would stop. I have no health problems, no kidney damage or anything like that from using them.”

“I finally arrived here in 1968 with $20 in my pocket. What a special day it was. I remember I arrived here with empty pockets but full of dreams, full of determination, full of desire. The presidential campaign was in full swing. I remember watching the Nixon-Humphrey presidential race on TV. A friend of mine who spoke German and English translated for me. I heard Humphrey saying things that sounded like socialism, which I had just left. But then I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting the government off your back, lowering the taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, I said, 'What party is he?”

“The most important thing is that we need to be a party that is inclusive and tolerant. We can be those things and be the party we always have been. We need to think about the environment. Teddy Roosevelt was a great environmentalist and people forget Reagan was the one who dealt with the ozone layer with the Montreal protocol. We also need to talk about healthcare honestly. Nixon almost passed universal healthcare. We need to have an talk about immigration and realize you can't just deport people. We need a comprehensive answer. We also need to stay out of people's bedrooms. The party that is for small government shouldn't be over-reaching into people's private lives. Mainly, we need to be a party where people know what we are for, not just what we are against.”

“When I was on my way to the podium a gentleman stopped me and said I was as good a politician as I was an actor. What a cheap shot.”

“I take steroids because they help me an extra 5 percent. Women take the (contraception) pill. They are somewhat similar. I do it under a doctor's supervision. (1974)”

“Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold's — the gym in Venice, California, where all the top guys train — there was a black girl who came out naked. Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs, where we all got together.”

“I found a new me. When I first came over to America, it was like, 'How can I be rich? How can I build my movie career? How can I become the most muscular man?' It was all about me, and then there was this turn, and I found it was really great to do this.”

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”

“Anybody here think they could move to Austria, learn the language, become famous for working out, then be a movie star, then marry into their royalty, and hold public office? How many lifetimes would you need… I’m on my third attempt at Rosetta Stone Spanish. All right? How can I judge these guys? I can barely handle the temptations of Facebook.”

“This is like winning an Oscar!… As if I would know! Speaking of acting, one of my movies was called True Lies.”

“You have to see yourself winning before you win”

“I was born in Europe and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.”

“I always knew America was the place for me. In school, when the teacher would talk about America, I would daydream about coming here. I would sit for hours watching American movies. Everything about America seemed so big to me so open, so possible.”