Arnold Schwarzenegger Warns of ‘Creating a Generation of Wimps’ in America

Arnold Schwarzenegger is worried that America might be "creating a generation of wimps and weak people" by "over-babying" today's youth.  

The 76-year-old action movie star, bodybuilder and former California governor voiced his concerns during an appearance on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show to promote his new self-help book Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life on Wednesday.

"The human mind can only really grow through resistance. You can only strengthen your character, become a really strong person inside, if you have resistance," Schwarzenegger said. "The more you struggle, the further you're gonna go and the stronger you’re going to get. It's just the way the world works."

"Anybody that tries to baby themselves, and pamper themselves and protect themselves — 'Oh, I don't want to feel bad, I don't really want to go through any discomfort' — It's over," he added. "You're never gonna get there. That's just the way it is. You have to be able to struggle … So many young kids today shy away from that. But you have to be attracted to that."

"What built this country?" the former governor asked rhetorically. "Is it people that slept in? Is it people that were wimping out? This, 'Oh, I want to feel good. Oh, I want to be comfortable.' No."

"These were ballsy women and men that went out there at five in the morning and got up, and they struggled and they fought and they worked their butts off," he continued. "That's what made this country great. And so now let's continue this way."

It’s "nice" to be considerate, Schwarzenegger said, but cautioned against going too far and being too sensitive. "Let's go and teach kids to be tough, to do sports, to study and struggle and go through these kind of painful moments sometimes."