Jay Cutler’s “Most Powerful” Speech After Winning Lifetime Achievement Award at Arnold Classic 2024 Breaks the Internet

Jay Cutler, the four-time Mr. Olympia and three-time Mr. Arnold Classic Champion, won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Arnold Classic Ohio 2024. He was the bodybuilder who was able to dethrone eight-time Mr. Olympia Champion Ronnie Coleman. Despite their rivalry, upon winning the Lifetime Achievement Award, Cutler gave a heartwarming speech about friendship.

The 60-year-old Siberian IFBB Pro bodybuilder Milos Sarcev recently reposted the speech of Culter from the Arnold Classic Stage on his Instagram account. Fans went gaga over the reel and filled the comment section with the immense love they hold for the four-time Mr. Olympia champion. 

The four-time Mr. Olympia Champion’s emotional confession 

The video shared by Sarvev was captioned “Real Sportsmanship,” highlighting Cutler’s nature of acknowledging Coleman for all his victories. The Quadstomp asked about the King of Bodybuilding as soon as he stood on the stage for his speech. He called out, “Where’s Ronnie Coleman? He better be here.” Further, he gave an astonishing speech, dedicating his success to Coleman.

Cutler highlighted, “You’re the reason; you are the reason for my abilities. My greatness. I owe everything to you because you pushed me to do everything on the Olympia stage and beyond. And you are a huge, huge inspiration.” Moving forward in the video, the Quadstomp added, “You are my idol. I ended up beating you, my idol, but I love you.“

The three-time Mr. Olympia cherished all the moments he spent with the eight-time Mr. Olympia champion. Both Cutler and Coleman do guest posing every week and eat together. He showcased his gratitude to the King and called him the “greatest bodybuilder of all time.” The Quadstomp even highlighted the part when Coleman and he used to have intense gym sessions where he “Kicked my a**.” Fans were as impressed as Coleman would have been after the speech.

A fan called Cutler the “best ambassador of the sport“

An Instagram user commented on the humble nature of Cutler and wrote, “That award winning life time achievement speech by Jay was the most powerful and respectful speech I have ever heard.” He continued and called the Quadstomp, “What an incredible athlete, man and human being.” Another mentioned Cutler as the brand ambassador of bodybuilding and wrote, “Jay for sure is the best ambassador this sport has ever known. True gentleman.”

The IFBB Pro Rafael Brandão also commented on the post and wrote, “That’s amazing.” Another fan highlighted that the four-time Mr. Olympia is the “best in the biz and a well deserved to honor!!” One fan shed light on how lucky he was to watch Cutler’s speech live and wrote, “This was epic watching it live.” 

Despite being rivals for so long, Cutler gave a gratifying speech for Coleman. What do you think of Cutler’s speech? Do you also feel lucky, like his fans who witnessed the speech? Let us know in the comments.