Hafthor Bjornsson Quotes

"You don't get to be the best unless you dedicate yourself to what you are doing."

"There's nothing better than proving people wrong."

"Don't tie yourself down to one workout, as your muscles quickly adapt to a certain style of training, so you'll see less results over time. The same can be said about cardio and your diet."

"The best training partner isn't the guy who is the strongest; it's the guy who motivates you and helps you to get better."

"I go the grocery store every day, or at most every two days."

"For a beginner, find a trainer that you trust and set some goals."

"I need to work on my endurance."

"I treat my body the same way I would treat a brand new car. You have to treat it well so it can run for a long time."

"White rice, not traditionally healthy, is easier on my tummy and lets me eat more."

"People laughed at him and said, 'you'll never be famous, your name is too hard.' But everybody knows who Arnold Schwarzengger is. I'm far, far away from where he is."

"When you want to be the best, you do whatever it takes."

"Everything is expensive in Iceland, especially food, and especially healthy food."

"I like to switch things up every four weeks by adding new exercises to my routine and alternating between high and low repetitions. This combats plateau, helping you see results quicker."

"I eat a lot of sweet potatoes, a lot of meat, fish, chicken, good fats like cocoa butter, almonds."

"I need to force feed myself. I'm constantly fighting to stay the weight I am."

"We have very good fish in Iceland."

"I try not to let other people's opinions or words drag me down."

"I was a center. I was quite athletic, I could shoot okay and I trained a lot. I played with the national team in Iceland."

"You have to be willing to work 365 days a year and be absolutely obsessed with what you want to achieve and if you're willing to go that far then you're able to be the World's Strongest Man."

"I'm doing more acting, but I'm also focusing on strongman."

"We need very specific equipment to train for World's Strongest Man and it's very hard to find this equipment in a normal gym. That's why I have my own gym back in Iceland."

"It's very, very extreme how much food I need to put in to my body. It's a lot of work. More work than people realise."

"I don't get people asking me to fight face-to-face but there's a lot of brave folk on the Internet."

"No one has ever threatened me in real life but on Facebook and Twitter it's all the time. You just get Internet warriors."

"People try to be rude against me, my family, my girlfriend, anything. People like to be mean to people through social media."

"If there's anything that offends me, especially if it's towards my family, I just block them. I don't accept that. I don't get upset because I like to focus on the positive."

"My mindset has changed to think about what I can eat to become a better athlete, not just a bigger one."

"To begin with, I basically ate everything. Pizza, pasta - anything to make myself bigger. I am now very conscious of what I put into my body."

"I think it's good to be nervous. It means you care."

"There were so many people who didn't believe in me."