Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

The line frames success not as a preference but as a collective obligation: “failure” is ruled out, and “everyone” is drafted into the same imperative. Read as motivational rhetoric, it emphasizes relentless effort, discipline, and a refusal to accept excuses—ideas often associated with Schwarzenegger’s public persona as an athlete and self-help figure. At the same time, the absolutist wording can be heard as intentionally hyperbolic: it aims to jolt an audience into action rather than describe reality. It also raises questions about pressure and inclusivity, since insisting that everyone “has to” succeed can ignore structural limits and the value of learning through failure.