Dorian Yates
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You don't need to keep up the constant flow of attention in order to earn income.
I earned my prize money.
I got my contracts.
I go home and start work again.
And I loved it.
I loved having that mission.
But I can tell you something.
It's very difficult to find a picture of me smiling because I was so intense in this tunnel.
And at the end, there was no joy in it.
Like the last year, 97, I remember getting ready for the contest.
I'm like, wow, this feels like Groundhog Day.
I've done this in process so many times.
And I started to think, this is starting to feel like a job.
I mean, it was, but it was a passion more.
It was a bit of both, right?
But now it's starting to feel like a job.
And I start to think about what am I going to do?
after this, because it's starting to, I don't want to feel like that, you know?
People will just pay you to be in the room.
You're the king there.