Bigger Stronger Faster Page #15

The old Arnold's gone

and somehow this time

I don't think

he'll be back.

So you're excited to be out

here instead of in Poughkeepsie?

Hell yeah, man.

I got a job making

three times as much money and

my rent's just about the same

and I'm right by the beach

and I got a convertible.

Right here next to

the mirror, honey.

MIKE:
Put a little

muscle in it.

- CHRIS:
Here you go.

- Higher.

So what do you plan on doing here

that you weren't doing in Poughkeepsie?

Jeez, like having fun with

life instead of hating life.

Think it'll help you with

your problems and stuff?

Absolutely.

I feel better already.

CHRIS:
Now that Mad

Dog's in California,

Things seem to be going

pretty good for him.

He got a job working as a trainer

at a local wrestling school.

Got you! Now if I

want to take it here-

Keep your face up,

keep your face up.

CHRIS:
He'd actually

make a great teacher,

but that's not good

enough for Mad Dog.

He still wants

to be a superstar.

MIKE:
So this Sunday night, pay

per view, Madison Square Garden!

Hell's Henrys will toll

for you.

Just not-

I'm sick, though, dude.

CHRIS:
Mad Dog sent

his promo to the W.W.E.,

but they rejected him

again.

They said

he's too old

and not what they're

looking for right now.

MIKE:
You know, I want to

believe that the world is good,

but it's not.

And I want to try hard,

but why try

when you can't win?

Those who can't do,

train.

It's just I never

understood why I didn't,

you know?

What's the problem with

just being a normal guy?

What's wrong with

just being normal?

There's nothing wrong

with it.

Well, actually, there is

something wrong with it.

the thing that's

wrong with it is

that I was born to attain

greatness and I'm the only one

that's holding myself back. And I need

to attain greatness. I need to do it.

You live down by the beach,

you have a beautiful wife,

and nothing's ever

good enough.

I can only imagine

how she feels.

And do you ever think,

"why am I dragging

somebody else in this?"

I know that a lot of times

she's crying herself to sleep.

And I know that

sometimes she doesn't glow

the way that she did

when I first met her.

And I know

it's my fault.

And it really

tears me up.

Yeah.

Well, I mean,

I worry every day

that-

What I worry about is

you're gonna lose your job,

You're gonna lose your wife and

then you're gonna lose yourself.

If I lose my job and my

wife, what else do I have?

I just feel

that I have more

to offer this world.

And I don't know

exactly what it is

or how I'm gonna

go about doing it.

I know there's

something in here

That's meant for the

rest of the world to know.

When you were kids

you all admired

the champion marble shooter,

the fastest runner,

big league ballplayers,

the toughest boxers.

Americans love a winner

and will not tolerate

a loser.

CHRIS:

Smelly is now competing

against the best guys

in the world

and he hopes to achieve

his childhood dream

of bench-pressing

But he and his wife

agreed

that this would be his

last meet on steroids.

I knew that she didn't

really care for it,

but i didn't know

it hurt her that much.

And I didn't know she

worried that much about it.

It's definitely something

that's not gonna be easy to do.

I don't necessarily want

to do it, but, you know,

if I just stay on it

and ignore her,

that's just

being selfish.

He's trying to have

another kid, so he decided

that this is gonna be

his last meet

that he ever

takes anything.

How do you think that'll

affect his lifting?

It'll affect it somewhat,

but once he tapers off

and has the child

he can go

right back on them.

But he doesn't want to go back

on them. His wife doesn't want him

to be on it at all

ever again.

The death of Smelly.

You think so?

Smelly will go back on.

So you'll never

take it again?

- I'll never take 'em again?

- Yeah.

No, I probably will

take 'em again

- because this is something-

- How?

Well, I'll figure out

a way.

I mean, that's something I'll

have to talk out with Andee,

but this is something

I've been-

I've been involved in power

lifting since I was 12 years old.

This is part of

what I like to do.

And I'm not gonna go

from squatting 800 Ibs

to squatting 700 Ibs.

I'm gonna want to get

back on 'em for sure.

Which is kind of sad

'cause-

Well, you know, a lot of

people have to lie to get ahead.

That's just kind of

the way things work.

Well, we weren't

brought up as cheaters.

Well, I mean,

people aren't brought up

to rob a bank either. You're

not really trained to rob a bank

or you're not really

trained to do drugs

or taught to do drugs

or anything like that,

but just, you know, it's

kind of the way you end up.

Yeah!

Come on!

- MAN:
Let's go, mark!

- MAN #2:
Go mark!

MAN:
Let's go, Mark. Come on!

- Come on!

- Go Mark!

Go Mark!

Let's go, Mark!

Come on,

you got this.

Come on, you got it!

Let's go, come on!

- Yeah! Yeah!

- Yes! Yes!

CHRIS:
My baby

brother is on steroids

and we all know it.

But look at us. My dad looks

like he won the lottery.

And my mom's prayers

have been answered.

I was raised to believe

that cheaters never prosper,

but in America it seems

like cheaters always prosper.

The use of performance-enhancing

drugs like steroids

is dangerous and it

sends the wrong message

that there are shortcuts

to accomplishment

And that performance is more

important than character.

CHRIS:
There is a clash in America

Between doing the right

thing and being the best.

Americans play to win

all the time

because the very

thought of losing

is hateful

to Americans.

COMMENTATOR:

It is out of here!

756!

Bonds stands alone!

CHRIS:
In a culture

where second place

Is the first loser,

the real heroes are the

ones who win at all costs.

Everything I have-

my career,

my success,

my family-

I owe to America.

CHRIS:

This is America.

We're the greatest

country in the world.

You could call us

a nation on steroids.

But what are those

long-term side effects?

For me

and my brothers

steroids are not

the problem.

They're just another

side effect

of being American.

oh, superman,

where are you now?

when everything's

gone wrong somehow

the men of steel,

these men of power

are losing control

by the hour

and this is the time

this is the place

so we look

to the future

but there's not much left

to go around

tell me why this is

a land of confusion

ha ha ha ha

this is the world

we live in

and these are

the hands we're given

use them

and let's start trying

to make it

a place worth living

yeah

I remember long ago

where the sun was shining

and all the stars

were bright

all through the night

in the wake of this madness

as I held you tight

so long ago

there's too many men

too many people

making too many problems

and there's not much left

to go around

can't you see this is

a land of confusion?

ha ha ha ha

now this is

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