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." Oliver Sacks (neurologist and Muscle Beach powerlifter) "A lot of lifters gathered at Sydney's on Santa Monica Beach near the base of the Pier. Here, as they got pissed [drunk], their stories became more and more fantastic. One heard of deltoids like watermelons and squats of a thousand pounds. This last turned out to be a solid fact for the incredible Paul Anderson. He was squatting with almost twice as much as anyone else's maximum." Yuri Vlasov (Anderson's major competitor in heavyweight weightlifting) "Anderson overcame the limits of human capabilities .. I eagerly absorbed the crumbs of information about his training from the sports magazines. I tried to understand the nature of his amazing power. I did not associate it only with body weight. There should have been something in his training, different from the accepted norms" Bruce Wilhelm (2-time World's Strongest Man) "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 a 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." References Further reading Anderson, Paul (with Jerry B. Jenkins). The World's Strongest Man. Victor Books, Wheaton, IL. 1975 . Fair, John D. "Paul Anderson (1932-1994)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 20 April 2016. Web. 1 June 2016. Strossen, Randal J. Paul Anderson: The Mightiest Minister. Ironmind Enterprises, Inc., Nevada City, CA 1999 . External links Paul Anderson at Lift Up Hall of Fame The Paul Anderson Youth Home Paul Anderson Memorial Park Article on Anderson by Clarence Bass Article on Anderson at the Univ. of Georgia website Unshackled! Paul