Arnold Schwarzenegger had deep morals instilled in him by his father who was a policeman in Graz, Austria.
In order to join a school soccer team, Schwarzenegger began working out with weights and, thus, started his bodybuilding career.
At the same time, he started training as an apprentice in carpentry.
He joined the army at 18 because he wanted a regimented life for training purposes.
Schwarzenegger soon went AWOL so that he could attend a bodybuilding competition.
He won that particular contest with a perfect score and began a series of triumphant victories in the field of weight lifting and bodybuilding.
In 1968, Arnold Schwarzenegger immigrated to the United States with very little money and still not speaking English.
Constantly training, Schwarzenegger won the Mr. Universe title five times and the Mr. Olympia title seven times by 1980.
In coming to United States, Schwarzenegger had given thought to becoming a movie actor and his physical profile made him a natural Hollywood client.
He met Maria Shriver in 1977 and began a period of dating which led to their marriage in 1986 and, later, four children.
Maria Shriver came from a prominent Democrat family, the Kennedys, while Schwarzenegger was a Republican.
From starring as Hercules in 1970 to the documentary Pumping Iron in 1977 to a series of highly successful movies in the 1980's, he
rose to the rank of a movie super-star.
In the early 1990's, Arnold Schwarzenegger contemplated entering politics as President Bush, Sr., appointed him Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
This led Schwarzenegger to travel across the US speaking on the subject of physical fitness in the youth.
In 2003, Californians were not satisfied with the policies of the Democrat Governor Gray Davis and demanded an official Recall election.
Schwarzenegger became the successful Republican candidate to depose Davis, only the second time in US history this had been done.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the bodybuilder, actor, and politician was a prominent speaker for George W. Bush during the Republicans' winning 2004 US election.
Some believe that only the rule that candidates for US Presidents be born in the US keeps Arnold Schwarzenegger from chasing the country's highest office.
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