Paul Anderson (weightlifter) - Quotes About Anderson

Quotes About Anderson

What some of the greatest lifters in history have to say about Paul Anderson

• Chuck Ahrens (Famous Muscle Beach strong man of the 1950s)

"I could do 310 in a standing one arm side press with a dumbbell, Paul could do it for reps with ease."

• Ed Coan (World famous powerlifting record breaker)

"Though I never met him personally until the Strength Symposium in Florida, I saw films of him lifting in his heyday, with such absolute ease it was astonishing. Using his strength to benefit others is something that should make all powerlifters proud. What a great benefactor to mankind."

• Jon Cole (Named "The Number One Strength Athlete in the World" by Powerlifting USA magazine in the early 1970s)

"My love and respect for Paul runs deep. His ability to lift enormous weights in limited movements surpasses all. Those who attempt to discredit him shame our sport."

• Bill Kazmaier (3 time World's Strongest Man)

"He’s the King of Strength. His backlift was unbelievable. But more amazing was his total commitment as a Christian."

• Don Reinhoudt (One of the strongest powerlifters of all time)

"Paul was an inspiration to me. Some of his feats may never be surpassed."

• Bruce Wilhelm (Two-time winner of The World's Strongest Man competition)

"Absolutely no question, Paul was the Strongest of the Strong. His physical deterioration and prolonged illness for the last 16 years of his life was fate unbefitting such a great strongman and humanitarian. Paul was really a powerlifter and did the overhead lifts only because Powerlifting as a sport did not exist 40 years ago. He excelled and was world and Olympic champ because he was far stronger than anyone else. When I hear people talk that a Powerlifter will never win an Olympic Gold Medal, I tell them that Paul Anderson already did it, almost forty years ago."