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Interview
With Ronnie Coleman before He Became The Greatest
Bodybuilder In History.
March 6th, 2001 - Hello once again friends. Today I
have the honor of interviewing the best of the best!
He is "simply the best" that bodybuilding
can offer today. He wrote history in 1998 when he won
the Mr. Olympia, even though the previous year he was
just 9th! (He became the first Mr. Olympia that came
from so far behind.)
He recently wrote history again, when he became the
first bodybuilder to win the Mr. Olympia and the
Arnold classic in the same year! For all the people
that love this sport he is undoubtedly "number
1" in our eyes. For baskeball fans their favorite
is Michael Jordan. For tennis fans their favorite is
Andre Agassi. But for bodybuilding fans his name is
RONNIE COLEMAN!
Ronnie was introduced to competitive bodybuilding by
Brian Dobson, the owner of the Metro Flex Gym in
Arlington. He won the heavyweight and overall title in
his first bodybuilding contest, Mr. Texas, in April
1990. Ronnie graduated from Grambling State College
with a degree in Accounting.
He recently ended his 12-year police career, in order
to not miss opportunities to compete and fly to
bodybuilding appearances. He will remain a reserve
officer with the department, working two days a month.
RONNIE COLEMAN'S INTERVIEW!
1. Q. Ronnie, the biggest dream of a competitive
bodybuilder is to win the Mr. Olympia title, and
that's something that you have already done 3
consecutive times. Now, since you are just the 10th
person in Mr. Olympia history to fulfill this dream,
is there something that you still want to accomplish?
Maybe to break Lee Haney's record?
R.C. I just want to be the best bodybuilder that I can
be as long as I can be. If it includes breaking Lee
Haney's record then that is something I would cherish
more than anything in the world.
2. Q. You will compete in the Arnold Classic in a few
days. If you win, you will be the first bodybuilder in
history to take 1st place in both, the Mr.Olympia and
the the Arnold Classic. What was the reason for this
kind of decision? Was it to accomplish something that
no ex-Mr. Olympia has done in the past, or is it
something else? (This interview was taken few days
before the Arnold Classic. He Won!)
R.C. Yes that is the main reason why I'm doing this,
I'm also trying to bring as much publicity to
bodybuilding as I can. I want this sport to be more
recognized than it currently is recognized. I too
would love to get more recognition as the world's
greatest bodybuilder and be someone to look up to as a
role model for young kids.
3. Q. A Mr. Olympia should train very hard, eat many
times per day, recuperate adequately, and use cutting
edge supplements. What supplements do you currently
trust and use?
R.C. I use a variety of Weider supplements, I take
Zinc, Magnesium, Multimineral and all of these are by
the Schiff line. I take ZMA, Vitamin C-1000mg. Vitamin
E-400IU, Weider Dynamic Muscle Builder, Creatine ATP
by Weider, American Bodybuilding Turbo Tea, Speed
Stack and my favorite to take everyday is Pain Free by
Schiff recently named Move Free.
4. Q. Let's turn back the time and go to the year
1992. In your first Mr. Olympia that was held in
Helsinki, you got just 16th place. My question is how
easy or how difficult was it for you at that time to
believe that you will get the Mr. Olympia some time in
the future?
R.C. I never in a million years believed I would
become Mr. Olympia. I was just competing to have fun
and that was my only intentions back then. But if the
oppurtunity came for me to make money, I would be more
than happy to do that, but I never cared about
becoming Mr. Olympia because I didn't think I had what
it took to become Mr. Olympia.
5. Q. This is my last question for you Ronnie, and
it's quite "hypothetical" but I believe it
is a good one. Let's say that it would be possible to
have a bodybuilding contest where the only competitors
would be you, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lee Haney, and
Dorian Yates, and all of you in their prime condition.
Who do you believe would win?
R.C. Come on now, this is the age of Ronnie Coleman
who else would win... but I couldn't have beat them in
their hey days.
By John Stamatopoulos
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