| 1. Fill your life up with different hobbies! - Bodybuilding | | | | can. |
| Champions realize working out is not everything there | | | | 6. Feed the Spirit! Bodybuilding Champions understand |
| is in life. Your life does not center on the gym. | | | | the mind is their biggest competitor and the heart is |
| Experience other activities. Get a hobby; join a group; | | | | their biggest asset. If you kill your spirit or passion for |
| do outdoor activities in order to stay mentally strong. | | | | the sport, you have lost the main purpose for your |
| One day you will realize, your identity is not built on the | | | | efforts. |
| sport of bodybuilding. | | | | 7. Pay your dues and do not cheat by taking steroids - |
| 2. Leave your ego at the door! - Bodybuilding | | | | Bodybuilding Champions SHOULD do it the right way, |
| Champions focus on the process and not on | | | | without drugs! You can never replace hard work, and |
| themselves. Your life should not center on you and | | | | hard work always pays off. Others may not know |
| you alone. True Champions in any sport know that it is | | | | you are cheating, but at the end of the day you do. |
| what the sport gives to your heart that matters most, | | | | What matters most to you? |
| not the image you want to project. | | | | 8. Teach others what you have learned - Bodybuilding |
| 3. Never forget where you come from! - Bodybuilding | | | | Champions help others gain knowledge. The best |
| Champions never forget what the sport has taught | | | | champions are those who share the wealth, teach |
| them, where they have been or who has helped them | | | | others and inspire hearts. Your success is only as |
| along the way. Bodybuilding and life share the same | | | | strong as your ability to share what you have learned. |
| principles: what you gain inside is more valuable than | | | | 9. Be honest in all you do - Bodybuilding Champions |
| anything physical. | | | | know when to stop. No matter how difficult it may be |
| 4. More is not better! - Bodybuilding Champions work | | | | on the ego, always be true to self and to others. |
| smarter not harder. Efficiency and knowledge is the | | | | Denying reality robs the heart of the happiness of life. |
| key to becoming a true champion. Less effort and | | | | Champions compete in their sport for the love of |
| more results usually work best. Be smart in your | | | | game, not for the chance to defy the odds of life. |
| training and practice a little common sense when | | | | 10. Be you and no one else- Bodybuilding Champions |
| needing to rest. | | | | do not pretend to be someone they are not. Hiding |
| 5. Get a mentor- Bodybuilding Champions are never | | | | behind your exterior is the surest way to a lonely, |
| afraid to ask for help. Champs know that knowledge is | | | | unhappy life. True champions have no needs to |
| power. Learn from others, never be afraid of change, | | | | pretend. GREATNESS NEEDS NO EXPLANATION! |
| and champion yourself after as many people as you | | | | |