I had been in California for about six months and was working and training at a gym that attracted competitive bodybuilders. During a conversation I told one of the guys that I would be a Mr. America in five years. I wasn’t just stroking my ego, I was speaking matter-of-factly. I knew in my heart it was true.
This guy started laughing so hard that I thought he was going to hurt himself. Then he started giving me a lecture about how that wasn’t possible. He thought that with some luck I could maybe place somewhere around fifth in my weight class. I decided at that point to keep my goals to myself and not expose them to small-minded people who couldn’t see beyond their noses. He was right about one thing. I didn’t win the Mr. America in five years. I won it in three. That, I learned, was the power of dreams and hard work.
Another Agreed 100 percent on Robinson !
He was blacklisted by the Weider’s, yet Joe uses his cross armed torso for his statue I’ve heard.
Agreed 100 %. Robbie Robinson was cheated 77-79 Olympia’s.. look at the photo documentation very carefully each year, with his much more significant muscle mass and tremendous definition, abs, intercostals, back, chest, with biceps like Arnold, bigger ripped thighs and hams ripped calves could have been slightly larger but overall just brutal..why he didn’t win several Olympia’s at this time is a crime ! Just Plain politics !
He had a great, pleasing physique. Robby Robinson was another with a tremendous physique. Neither won the big titles due to the political landscape that dominates the subjective sport ! What a shame.