Bodybuilding was introduced as a World Games sport at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California.
Famous quotes containing the words world and/or games:
“Truth is a pain which will not stop. And the truth of this world is to die. You must choose: either dying or lying. Personally, I have never been able to kill myself.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)
“Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)