Sylvester Stallone

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain__ all sunshine and rainbows. It__ a very mean and nasty place, and I don__ care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain__ about how hard you hit. It__ about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That__ how winning is done! Now, if you know what you__e worth, then go out and get what you__e worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain__ where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain__ you. You__e better than that!

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

People that spend time in a foxhole - they're never going to find that relationship anywhere else again... Everything else pales next to that. When you think about the Second World War vets - more than even the Vietnam vets - there's a brotherhood.

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.

Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.'

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.

It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line of broken marriages. My parents divorced, and I had two broken marriages myself.

I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche - there ought to be some interesting discoveries there. Love stories. If you do it right, people want to hear romantic dialog.

Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality - that's the main event.

Years ago I was diagnosed with a condition, and my doctors prescribed human growth hormone and testosterone for its treatment. Under medical supervision, I have continued to use both medications.

People asked if I could have played the Terminator. Are you kidding? Not a chance, I never could have played the Terminator.

If you think people are inherently good, you get rid of the police for 24 hours - see what happens.

Every morning, I crawl out of bed. I sit there and think, 'Do I really need this?' And I drag myself to the gym in my garage. It's not fun. I hate it. I work out alone. Weights.

People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.

A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it's important to show that even under all this strength there's a fragile side, a side that can be affected.

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.