When I returned to Armenia after four months in Brazil, I was still quite skinny and weak, but I had technique and skill.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was a kid I did marshal arts, and then I did all-star crazy competitive cheer and dance, and then I swam so I was very muscular. You know, healthy, but not quite as thin as I am.
I've always been pathologically skinny.
Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere.
And then once in Australia, I really hit the weights hard.
I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete.
I've long struggled with my body image and have worked hard to achieve a healthy weight.
I've always been a skinny man.
When I first came to India from Sri Lanka, people were surprised to see my toned arms. I had come right after the Miss Universe pageant.
My weight has been one of the most challenging things that I've had to deal with throughout my career.
When I was getting injured so much, I spoke to my family and my manager and said, 'I need my body to recover.' The first thing I thought was that I needed to stay upright. When I went back to Brazil to play, after a few months, my body was perfect.