Pumping Iron
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- That was easy.
- Easy?

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You do one.
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Louie was only an infant in the crib,
and he developed this ear infection.

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We didn't know it at the time...
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until Louie was about three years old,
we found out that he was hard of hearing.

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That's why he never took
an interest in things...

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other kids would take an interest in,
like television.

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He was late
learning to speak and everything.

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Louie would become a lip reader.
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Louie was a real skinny kid.
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He couldn't make the football team
because he was too skinny.

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Then he started to buy Muscle Magazine.
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I remember I would take him
to a bookstore...

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and he would buy up all
the old muscle books.

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And he would read for hours. I remember...
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2:00, 3:00 in the morning,
I would find his light on...

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and he would be reading the muscle books.
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So Louie decided
to do a little bodybuilding.

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I had an old weightlifting set in the cellar.
I used to do a little bit of it myself.

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Never knowing at that time that someday...
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Louie would be on the stage against Arnold,
in Pretoria, South Africa.

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You just keep after him.
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Wherever he goes,
you pose down with him, right next to him.

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Let the judges make a comparison.
You're 6'5".

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You'll be the biggest thing that ever went
out on that platform, at 275 pounds.

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They know that, and he knows it.
This is for the big baby, Louie.

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This is for all the marbles.
And we're gonna go after it, right?

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One year of training, all wrapped up
in one night, Louie, remember that.

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When you step out there, boy...
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remember all those grueling nights
and mornings in the gym.

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And this is it, this is the reward.
And we want it.

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We want it so bad that we can taste it.
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Remember that when we're on that stage.
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We gotta get so excited, when we're there
we have only one thought in mind.

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That's the Olympia, we'll win.

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