Mike Mentzer was an intellectual midget when it came to compare with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pre-contest time 1980 Mike Mentzer was at Gold's gym on the same day Arnold was training and was going nuts trying to figure out just why Arnold was training so hard for the past couple of weeks.
QUOTE from Arnold Schwarzenegger-a portrait- by George Butler-
Arnold---"I win" he said. "Don't worry. I do not need to control the judges. I controle the bodybuilders." He looked positively gleeful."already Mike Mentzer has left the gym this morning!" I said,'why?' he said,'you're driving me crazy with that smile.' "
I looked at Eddie, (Guiliani), who nodded solemnly. " I saw the whole thing," he said.
" So this afternoon he misses training to see a shrink," Arnold said proudly. "And he pays him to analyze me! He sould remember that another Austrian was King of the shrinks. I could advise him for free.
He then turned back to the preacher curls for the next set.
"Excuse me" Arnold said while taking a deep breath,"while I continue my savage training program."
It matters not how many times you watch the video of that Mr Olympia the outcome will always be the same. Like wars of history the war of the pen and word will always go on.
Arnold was the better bodybuilder/showman/personality of that night and nobody came close to beating him on these 3 levels. It's high time you guys realize that this contest is not based on physique alone. Even if it where Arnold was still better that anything on that stage even though he himself was not in his prime.
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