Dorian Yates

I got picked.

But I was amongst all these guys.

And I'm thinking, I just borrowed some money to get here.

But they picked me for the World Games team.

So I went quite uniquely, I think, from a novice competition to a world championship in two weeks.

So that's, you know, kind of the level I was at when I first started competing.

Well, it's my opinion, and the way I looked at it was like, I'm going to do this as a sport, right?

So I justified it because everyone else is doing it, and I did it as a professional.

And 1990, so I was two times British champion, overall British champion in 1988.

I got my pro card, and my first pro contest was Night of Champions, which was probably second or third, you know, below the Mr. Olympia.

Because those of you who don't know, you can't just go into Mr. Olympia, right?

You have to win a pro show or place in the top three as it used to be then.

I'm not sure.

Now they seem to give out so many pro cards, it's kind of lost its value.

But then it was tough to get a pro card.

So I said, look, I've been doing all this, yeah?

I'm taking steroids, which may have some negative effects on my health later on, may do.

So I'm going to go to knight of champions.

If I don't get in the top five, I'm not good enough.

So at that point, if that's the case, no longer justified to take the steroids or compete because I've gone as far as my genetics will allow me.