Sylvester Stallone Quotes

When boxers are in the ring, they’re simple. It’s when the fight is over, that’s when the other fight, the real fight, begins. That’s the problem.

Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.

A lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.

I loved ‘Rocky’ and ‘Rambo’, and am very proud of them.

I was on cruise control from ’85 to ’95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn’t directing. I wasn’t writing. That’s not who I am.

I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I’ve had a rather tumultuous personal life. It hasn’t been dull; I’ve been the Hiroshima of love.

Just because society says I’m old doesn’t mean I am.

I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.

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

I made some truly awful movies. ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’ was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes.

I’m pretty spiritual; I believe a lot in the spirit of man.

The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.

Remember the mind is your best muscle…BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains… Ride the brain train for success.

In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can’t control a nine-year-old girl.

Once in one’s life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.

When you’re scared, when you’re hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you’re going to see what you’re really made of.

You know you’ve been around when they start to remake your own movies when you’re still alive.