Tom Mutaffis
02-19-2009, 10:07 AM
So my knee has been bothering me a bit this week and I have a big Strongman contest on Saturday, the South Atlantic Strongman Championships which will have 10 other LW competitors from about 4-5 different states.
I was reading some things online last night and came across this quote from Bill Kazmaier, figured it was worth sharing:
"I tend to like the things where I overcame adversity. After tearing off my pectoral in the bar bend, I came back to squat the world record in the World's Strongest Man and beat Dave Waddington who was commonly referred to as having the world's strongest legs. And two hours later, I came back and deadlifted the coins to beat him again. Not only to do it once, but to do it twice because I knew I was the strongest and I had been shot, as if with a 12 gauge in the shoulder, I was still able to come back and overcome that adversity.
You know, in those times when you're in the trenches and your back's against the wall and you are that wounded animal, at that point when things look their worst, how do you react and what energies do you call upon at that moment? For me, the most phenomenal thing I did was to realize where my power comes from and what it is. And if I could channel it and use it for the right things, then I'll have infinite power. I don't know if that makes sense to you."
Does anyone else have any things that they read through before competing?
I was reading some things online last night and came across this quote from Bill Kazmaier, figured it was worth sharing:
"I tend to like the things where I overcame adversity. After tearing off my pectoral in the bar bend, I came back to squat the world record in the World's Strongest Man and beat Dave Waddington who was commonly referred to as having the world's strongest legs. And two hours later, I came back and deadlifted the coins to beat him again. Not only to do it once, but to do it twice because I knew I was the strongest and I had been shot, as if with a 12 gauge in the shoulder, I was still able to come back and overcome that adversity.
You know, in those times when you're in the trenches and your back's against the wall and you are that wounded animal, at that point when things look their worst, how do you react and what energies do you call upon at that moment? For me, the most phenomenal thing I did was to realize where my power comes from and what it is. And if I could channel it and use it for the right things, then I'll have infinite power. I don't know if that makes sense to you."
Does anyone else have any things that they read through before competing?