Dave Palumbo: "Six weeks before, Kevin had sent me pictures, and he looked like he didn’t even work out. This kid brought back pictures to show me—because there was no internet then—they were actually Polaroids. I said, 'He’s never gonna make it.'
We go down there six weeks later—drove down, got into his house—and I said, 'Let me see what you look like.'
I’m 300 pounds, mind you. Big, freaky—you know, I had just won the Junior Nationals. He takes off his shirt and I’m like, 'That’s it. I might as well just quit.'I really wanted to quit bodybuilding when I looked at what he looked like six weeks later. His delts, his shoulders, his pecs, his abs, his quads... I’m like, 'What f**ing right do I have? Am I insane to even think I can stand next to this human being?'"