Sylvester Stallone Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

“If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.”

“If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.”

“When I'm doing a movie, I eat the same thing every day. For lunch, it's tuna salad or chicken salad and cole slaw. That's it. For dinner it's either veal and rice, fish and rice or steak and rice. It gets boring; boy, does it get boring.”

“Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.”

“I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers.”

“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.”

“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.”

“The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist. You're going to always be remembered for them, no matter what you do.”

“When I saw 'Hercules,' my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I literally ran out of the theatre and started lifting things, anything I could think of - milk crates. I'm still lifting things. It changed my life.”