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that can have a negative effect on my mind...
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and therefore destroy my workout.
So I have to cut my emotions off...

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and be kind of cold, in a way,
before a competition.

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That's what you do
with the rest of the things.

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If somebody steals my car
outside of my door right now...

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I don't care. I can't be bothered with that.
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I would only have my secretary call
the insurance agency and laugh about it.

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Because I cannot be bothered with it.
I trained myself for that.

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To be totally cold
and not have things go into my mind.

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And it was, in a way, a sad story...
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when my father died.
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Because my mother called me
on the phone, and she said:

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"Your dad died."
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And this was exactly two months
before a contest.

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She says, "You come home to the funeral?"
I said, "No.

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"It's too late, he's dead,
there's nothing to be done.

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"And I'm sorry, I can't come."
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And I didn't explain to her
really the reasons why.

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I had other excuses to her,
because how do you explain a mother...

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whose husband died, you know, your trip?
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I didn't bother with it.
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And that actually caused
one of the greatest conflicts...

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with my girlfriend.
Because she just looked at me and said:

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"It doesn't bother you?
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"I mean, your father died."
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I never talk about it again.
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The finals of the Mr. Olympia contest.
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First to be judged
is the under-200-pound class.


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