Alcorin

“Theoretical knowledge is not the exclusive domain of ivory tower intellectuals, but is, in fact, a crucial necessity of man's proper survival. Every bit of your mental contents is derived from some theory, and your success and happiness hinge on whether it is true or false, good or evil.”
― Mike Mentzer, Heavy Duty

“Men are taught over and over when they are boys that a wound that hurts is shameful. A wound that stops you from continuing to play is a girlish wound. He who is truly a man keeps walking, dragging his guts behind.

Our story gives a teaching diametrically opposite. It says that where a man's wound is, that is where his genius will be. Wherever the wound appears in our psyches, whether from alcoholic father, shaming mother, shaming father, abusing mother, whether it stems from isolation, disability, or disease, that is precisely the place for which we will give our major gift to the community.”
― Robert Bly, Iron John: A Book About Men

“I would languish in the sack until noon, hoping reality would somehow go away by virtue of my simply refusing to acknowledge it.”
― Mike Mentzer, High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way

“if you sit waiting for the stars to align before going for something you will have to wait a very long time. To be uncharacteristically crude for a second, you have to shit or get off the pot.”
― Guenther Steiner, Unfiltered