Here's an interesting story you might
get a chuckle out of concerning Arnold
as told by Ron Kosloff...

Everybody assumes that when he came to
America he trained under the trainer of
champions, Joe Weider.

Nothing could be further from the truth.
Weider just promoted Arnold and made
a lot of money. Actually they both
promoted each other and made a lot of
money.

Arnold's German industrial sponsor
sent him to Vince Gironda. Of course,
Arnold had a pretty big ego, although
he was not that good when he started,
being rather on the fat, fleshy side.

He walked into Vince's Gym (John
Balik, the editor of IRONMAN can
substantiate this story as he was standing
right there) and said, "I'm Arnold
Schwarzennegger from Austria and
I'm Mr. So and So."

Vince looked up at him through his
granny glasses and responded, "You're
nothing but a fat you-know-what.

For two years, Arnold spent time at
Vince's Gym Then, after Joe Weider
signed him, he went on to become
a movie star and multi-millionaire.

Years later, Arnold told Balik that
was the best thing that ever happened
to him because he thought he was
king of the world and Vince brought
him right down, shattered his ego.

That about sums up Vince and says
a lot for Arnold.