I have to say, I am a fan of ronnie. He may not be the smartest guy or the sharpest tool in the shed, but when he was at his prime winning Olympias it was something that just left me in awe!.. I think we can all agree that when he came out on stage in 04 ( I think that was the year? I may be wrong), and began to hit his poses I remembered thinking that there is no way any human being will ever match that level of freaky size and conditioning. I remembering looking at him from the back and just could not believe my eyes!
I for one am glad I was around to see such a freak of a human being compete in his prime. I am sure the drugs and the super human workouts he was doing down in Arlington Texas added to his health issues, but he is no fool & you can see by his comments that he knew what he was doing. It was all part of the game and he sure as hell played his hand in that game to its fullest!
Any of you who have met ronnie and spent any level of time with him will know he is a cool kat. I really think his "dumb jock" kinda personality he puts off played in his favor. Chad got ahold of him and told him what to eat, how to train and what to take, and ronnie just said "Ok" & did it! lol...
It will be a while (if ever) that we see another guy come out on stage and dominate the size category and condition catagory the way ronnie did for so many years. I really like the guy as a person and as a bber. He's a god fearing man and has always been really cool to anyone that I know has met him.
I hope the Surgery goes well for him.
side note:
What was the study they did years ago? Something to the effect of asking a bunch of potential olympians (from the olympics) that if they had the chance to win and Olympic Gold metal in their chosen sport but they would only live to be 40 years old, something like 90% of them said they would take the gold metal? I don't know if thats correct, but its something like that....
I would bet most of high performance athletes would say they would take the metal and die in their younger years, but once you get older, have children and begin to realize there is so much more in life I am sure many of these guys would change their mind. maybe not though? what are your guys thoughts???