Hafthor Bjornsson

“If you don't eat, you don't grow.”

“I am eating around 10,000 calories a day, which is a lot. I'm obviously a professional and I am the World's Strongest Man. This is something that a normal human being would never do. You would never eat that amount of food, because you would get tired, it's too many calories for you to intake.”

“Training and eating with super precision and determination on top of an already busy schedule as an actor and businessman has been really difficult and I am lucky to have the support of my family, friends and fans.”

“I've been training all my life, but probably didn't grow muscle-y until I quit doing basketball. I played for Iceland's under-18 and under-17 team, so it wasn't until probably 2007, 2008 that I start to gain a lot of weight.”

“You don't get to be the best unless you dedicate yourself to what you are doing.”

“I just fell in love with the weights, fell in love with training hard.”

“I eat very healthy overall - but because of my weight, I need fast carbs, easy carbs. So maybe before a training session or after a training session, I eat what I want.”

“I treat my body the same way I would treat a brand new car. You have to treat it well so it can run for a long time.”

“I love greens, like spinach, avocado, broccoli.”

“To be the best, you have to have the right equipment at your disposal.”

“People laughed at him and said, 'you'll never be famous, your name is too hard.' But everybody knows who Arnold Schwarzengger is. I'm far, far away from where he is.”

“It's not just all about the training, it's all around: You have to train well, sleep well, eat well.”

“Acting just came to me.”

“I try not to let other people's opinions or words drag me down.”

“I'm not afraid of a challenge, so I couldn't say no when KFC asked me if I wanted to attempt to pull a massive amount of Double Crispy Colonel sandwiches instead of a semi-truck like I normally do.”

“I eat a lot of sweet potatoes, a lot of meat, fish, chicken, good fats like cocoa butter, almonds.”

“You have to be willing to work 365 days a year and be absolutely obsessed with what you want to achieve and if you're willing to go that far then you're able to be the World's Strongest Man.”