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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT; COURTESY OF WEIDER HEALTH & FITNESS; ALBERT BUSEK;
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incumbent California governor, Gray
Davis, being recalled in 2003, causing
Arnold to enter and win the election.]
On my first day as governor, as I
walked into the office I said to myself,
“OK, I won the election, now what the
f@#k do I do?”
There is no school to go to that
teaches you how to be a governor.
Sitting in that office and that building,
with all its history, can be a little
overwhelming.
I come from a country where
everyone had health care, so
California having 8 million people
who were uninsured was totally
unacceptable to me.
The polls do not decide anything. As
an athlete, I know all about peaking.
An athlete can be out of shape in
the off-season, but as contest day
approaches, he plans to peak on that
day. So I don’t worry about the scoring
on days when there is no contest.
One of the
greatest side
chest poses of
all time; joking
with Lou
Ferrigno (right)
on the set of
Pumping Iron;
leg presses at
Gold’s Gym with
Ed Corney.