Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

Riordan, Dick, 495–96, 497–98, 502

Riordan, Nancy, 495

roasts, 359–60

Robert F. Kennedy Celebrity Tennis Tournament (Forest Hills, New York), 219–20, 221–23

Robertson, Pat, 365

Robinson, Robby “the Black Prince,” 207

Robinson, Sugar Ray, 161–62

Robocop (movie), 346

Rock, Arthur, 503

Rock Store (Malibu Canyon), 292

Rocky movies, 208, 281, 337, 401

role models/idols: Arnold’s childhood/youth, 23, 56, 91, 126, 603, 604.

See also specific person

Rome, Italy; Shriver and Schwarzenegger family trip to, 617–18

Romney, Mitt, 561

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 618

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 369

Roosevelt, Theodore “Teddy,” 234, 371, 387, 550, 554

Rose, Charlie, 204

Rose, Mary, 204

Rosen, Milt, 357

Ross, Diana, 222

Rove, Karl, 484–85, 512–13

Ruddy, Al, 598

rules, Arnold’s, 511, 603–18

Rumar, Craig, 201, 220

The Running Man (movie), 338, 339, 344–45, 363, 469

Russia: Arnold on trade mission to, 616

   Hammer oil deals in, 375–76

Red Heat filming in, 341.

See also Gorbachev, Mikhail

Russo, Paul, 569, 570

Sakata, Harold “Oddjob,” 63, 97

Salazar, Kenneth, 588

salesmanship, 33, 55, 102–3, 141–42, 578, 606

San Bruno, California; gas-pipeline explosion in, 586

San Diego, California; fires around, 565–70

San Fernando Valley: earthquake in (1971), 120–21

   Weider headquarters in, 103

San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, 505, 548

Sanders, Jerry, 565, 568

Sandow, Eugen, 69

Sanger, Carla, 472, 473

Sansone, Tommy, 56

Santa Monica, California: Arnold as real estate investor in, 148–50, 215–17, 232, 287–88, 386, 608

   Arnold’s offices in, 386, 565

   Maria-Arnold’s first house in, 246–47, 257–58

Santa Monica College: Arnold as student at, 89, 136–37, 138, 612

   Columb (Ronda) as taking classes at, 288

Saturday Night Live (TV show), 207, 210, 355, 525

Sawyer, Diane, 328

Sawyer, Forrest, 328

Schmidt, Steve, 543, 545

Schneider, Bert, 157

Schuster, Colonel, 72–73

Schwabinger Brau (Munich beer hall); Mr. Europe contest at, 69–70

Schwarzenegger, Arnold: ambitions/dreams of, 12–13, 15–16, 31–32, 101, 228, 241–42, 256, 603, 605– 6

   arrests of, 54–55

   as art collector, 257–58

   awards and honors for, 204–5, 208–9, 597

   birth of, 3

   childhood of, 4, 5–8, 9–19, 420, 448, 449, 451

   college education of, 135–41, 245, 420

   contradictions and crosscurrents in life of, 603–5

   courtship and wedding to Maria of, 226–37, 239–59, 318–21, 323–34

   defeats of, 533

   depression of, 553–54

   early education of, 4, 10, 13, 16–17, 21, 22–23, 29, 33–34

   early jobs of, 14–15, 18–19

   as employer, 289–90

   fearlessness of, 11–12

   hobbies of, 12

   injuries/surgeries of, 145, 146, 188, 430–41, 459, 460, 461, 553–54, 594, 598

   lifestyle of, 326

   as needing to be center of attention, 360

   nicknames for, 87, 288

   one-liners as trademark of, 340

   optimism of, 576, 597

   principles of success of, 605–18

   rebellious nature of, 604

   reputation of, 64, 200

   secrecy of, 593, 594

   self-confidence of, 43, 216–17

   self-image of, 104, 142, 209, 279, 331, 420, 463–64, 604

   self-promotion of, 213–14

   as target for jokes, 355

   twenty-eighth birthday party for, 190

   Wyeth’s portrait of, 210–11.

See also specific person or topic

Schwarzenegger, Aurelia (mother): appearance of, 6

   Arnold as movie actor and, 115, 454

   Arnold’s bodybuilding interests and, 31–33, 73, 133, 143–44

   Arnold’s childhood/youth and, 3, 4, 5, 6–8, 9–10, 12–13, 29, 31–33, 101, 451

   Arnold’s earliest memories of, 4

   Arnold’s education and, 33

   Arnold’s expression of emotions and, 178, 185

   Arnold’s heart surgery and, 432, 434

   Arnold’s interest in girls and, 32–33