495 Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

Training and working in Philadelphia is a very unusual situation because that city does believe that Rocky is real. No one calls me Sylvester, it’s Rocky.

No one’s life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there’s little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy.

Polo is like tennis – you literally have to live it.

I’m not just painting for painting’s sake. I want to be truthful.

I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind and furious optimism.

I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during ‘Rocky II’ and had 60 stitches. If you’ve seen ‘Rocky Balboa,’ you’ll know how bad they look.

Usually whenever you’re scared of something, do it. If you’re not afraid of it, don’t do it.

Like I said, I’ve got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support them emotionally and financially.

People assume that ‘The Expendables’ is old school, but it’s only old school because that’s the way I know how to make an action film. It’s pretty real.