In Arnold's Encyclopaedia, he said he told Frank Zane a joke to distract him and make him laugh and throw off his posing, he gave it as one example of how he would try to out psyche his opponents.
Arnold was throwing jokes and smiling on stage because backstage just about every opponent was confident they would beat him ....
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Oh MrOlympia 1980..... the never ending drama .
Btw, This Year philsulin will tie the record and no one will give a flying fack
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