Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold is Austrian he came to America  with only a gym bag. He is from Tal Austria born in 1947 . He lived in a house with no heat or refridgerator. Arnold's dad was the chief of police and was a perfectionist and supported atheletic compitions and often he favoured Arnolds brother rather then Arnold. At the age 15 Arnold wanted to be the best body builder and in the start he had a low pain tolerence and he had to substatute pain for pleasure. He built body mass much faster then other people. After becoming a body builder champ he wanted to go into movies. Arnold went to the gym 6 times a week and even broke a window to work out on a sunday his father only let  him go to Gras to train 3 times a week so he built a gym at home. He always liked to laugh. from 15 to 18 he was content with the gym and then had to go into the army for a one year service but he went awal to go compete in a body building show were he got the best score 300 and then tryed to sneak back in but was thrown in jail for 7 days. After that his high ups made him a company hero and told him to continue training. He went to london in 1966 to compete in the Mr.Universe competion and took 2nd that year. Every time he did a rep he felt like he was getting a step closer to his goal. At the age of 20 he won the Mr. Universe he is the youngest man to  have won it and when he got on stage he brought a feeling to others like what were they doing there because he had so much confidence he would make them feel like they were losers. Once he got to America he tryed his first American Mr.Universe and got 2nd place which made him so sad but from there on he said he would never lose again.He went to Gold's Gym  and actually started his own mail order buisness. Joe Wheater was his mentor and helped Arnold with his first buisness and his body building techniques.Arnold told Joe that he had to have more Joy in his life other wise he wouldn't enjoy it. When Arnold worked at the gym he made everyone elses energy rise and made their workout better. Arnold won his first IFFB in new york then took 2nd in Mr.Olympia and then Arnold came back the next year and took first and held it for 6 years. Back in Austria his brother died in a car crash then his father died from a stroke.He started to fund the body building competions well Jim orginized it. At 28 he was the undisputed Body Bulding champion of the world. Arnold's first film was Hercules goes to New York which wasn't that good.He was told he would never make it because of his name accent and build but he didnt give up and kept trying and took acting lessons.He won a golden globe for best newcomer . He had a back up plan if the movie career didnt work out he wouldnt buy and sell realestate. Arnold married JFK's niece. Arnold's wife showed him the special olympics which her parents had founded and he gladly made apperances at many of them. He got his first lead role is as Conan and took acting roles. After Conan he was offered the role of the Terminator and he was contemplating to do it or not but in the end he took it and it made him extremely popular.He became more of a working class hero then a mythic movie god which was better for him. by 1985 he was named international star of the year.He married his wife Maria on a row boat on a little lake  in Austria well they were visiting his mother.After the honeymoon he flew down to Mexico to film Predator which got him the lead box office role again.He wanted a more challenging role that wasnt just shooting and grunting but actual acting which he eventually got. The best talent he has is to learn and he continues to learn all the time.He travelled to all 50 states to promote physical fitness in schools.Arnold hasn't been changed by mega sucess and is a very humble and down to earth person.

The things i learned from Arnold are to never give up even when you are told you can't do it.Never let sucess go to your head and always try and be humble.Along with you can always keep learning no matter how old you are and when ever a new challenge presents itself you can do it you just need to make the challenge fit your personality and skills.Arnold is a very insparational person and a great role model.