Once I discovered my passion for body-building it was so powerful, despite all these setbacks, it didn’t stop me. People said that I was too short to be Mr. Samoa. Others insisted that body building was not for short people. I ignored the naysayers, and methodically went on to become one of the best natural body-builders in Samoa. With all due respect, the record that I have set as a natural body builder based in Samoa at the time will be hard to break, and it not because I am better than anyone but I don't think our People can manage the DIET! We can train hard that's the easy part the hard part is the Diet for a Samoan.

The most important body-building discovery for me has been the importance of holistic health as well as fitness. That is, building-body, balanced nutrition and discipline of the mind provide a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Ten years of training, diet and nutrition have taught me that this is the key to successful body-building. And I am now passionate about sharing my experience with our Samoan and Pacific community who are perhaps the largest ethnic group that are struggling unconsciously with obesity, diabetes and health problems due to their adoption of the worst elements of a Western lifestyle.