Sylvester Stallone

Every rep I did on chin-ups, on squats with 500 pounds, I never said, to myself, 'Oh, my God, another rep.' I…

— Sylvester Stallone

Every morning, I crawl out of bed. I sit there and think, 'Do I really need this?' And I drag myself to…

— Sylvester Stallone

I think I'm a much better painter than an actor.

— Sylvester Stallone

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal…

— Sylvester Stallone

Movies are a collective art. Art by proxy.

— Sylvester Stallone

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great…

— Sylvester Stallone

The church is the gym of the soul.

— Sylvester Stallone

'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory.

— Sylvester Stallone

You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your…

— Sylvester Stallone

The men in Vietnam weren't allowed to fight the war with any kind of concern to win by the government. It was…

— Sylvester Stallone

I thought I had reached a point in life where everything would be smooth. But it is not. It just gets more…

— Sylvester Stallone

I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It's not easier, it's more difficult.

— Sylvester Stallone

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

— Sylvester Stallone

The trouble with remakes is that people fall in love with the original. It's like peanut butter. If you try to change…

— Sylvester Stallone

A lot of women read male magazines. Of course, a lot of guys read female magazines, but they've got another issue to…

— Sylvester Stallone

Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me.

— Sylvester Stallone

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to…

— Sylvester Stallone

All young men want to prove themselves.

— Sylvester Stallone

I'm not a genetically superior person. I built my body.

— Sylvester Stallone

Action film is really easy to do, you just get in a car and smash through things and it's called action. The…

— Sylvester Stallone

I think there's something about being a neophyte that's refreshing and hard to duplicate; it brings about real innovation. Innovation usually comes…

— Sylvester Stallone

Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.

— Sylvester Stallone

Boxing is the only sport where you have the audience coming right up to you and saying, "You Stink." And you got…

— Sylvester Stallone

If you make exercise your hobby instead of your enemy it becomes your friend; it's the one thing that will never let…

— Sylvester Stallone

I'm perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.

— Sylvester Stallone