Dorian Yates found it difficult to adapt his mindset to being the favorite for the Mr. Olympia title after thriving as an underdog.

“And then I was like so I'm probably going to be Mr. Olympia. This it's a real you know when I went against Haney I wanted to try to win but I was a new guy and wow. So I can be Mr. Olympia and then I just kind of turned it around in my head. Yeah but why not man? Somebody's got to be Mr. Olympia. And do you know Anybody that's dedicated themselves to the craft the way you have? Absolutely not. So yeah, god damn it. I deserve it. And this took about a week to like change this whole uh point of view where I was comfortable going in as as the favorite cuz yeah, I'm going to win so I should be the favorite. But it I struggled with it, man. Cuz the whole time I was the underdog.”