Sylvester Stallone is revisiting his role as Rocky Balboa in the film Creed. Stallone has been on his press rotation for the film and recently stopped by the Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about the film and why he didn’t do her show earlier. His Rocky films have transcended generations and continue to go on strong. So in celebration of the release of Creed, we decided to compile the 29 Greatest Sylvester Stallone Quotes.
In Creed, Stallone will play Rocky as he coaches Apollo Creed’s illegitimate child who follows in the footsteps of his father and Rocky. The film is scheduled to release on November 25. Stallone is going to be 70-years-old and still manages to keep up with the best of them. He made a resurgence with The Expendables film and there has been an announcement of fourth Expendables. You can check out our 29 Greatest Sylvester Stallone Quotes below.
“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.”
“I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that’s love, even if it doesn’t seem very exciting.”
“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”
“Until America, door to door, takes every handgun, this is what you’re gonna have. It’s pathetic. It really is pathetic. It’s sad. We’re living in the Dark Ages over there. It has to be stopped, and someone really has to go on the line, a certain dauntless political figure, and say, ‘It’s ending, it’s over, all bets are off.’ It’s not 200 years ago, we don’t need this any more, and the rest of the world doesn’t have it. Why should we?”
“I’m not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.”
“Without love, loyalty, desires, passion, courage, dignities, faith, beliefs and all the other ingredients that go into making the human soul something so elevated that only God knows its limits, we are only shells bobbing aimlessly in a calm sea of mediocrity. …And if you can figure that out, please write and explain it to me because you’re a better man than I am.”
“Once in one’s life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.”
“People accept Rocky Balboa as authentic. I can’t tell you how many people have come up to me and asked about my boxing career. It’s like they really want to believe that Rocky exists. You know, I’m amazed by all of this. At one time I thought people would get over their fascination with the character and move on. Didn’t happen. After 30 years, Rocky has taken hold to a degree I never could have imagined.”
“I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.”
“The man who can best gets along with women, is the man who can get along without them.”
“If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.”
“I’ll just go on playing Rambo and Rocky. Both are money-making machines that can’t be switched off.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Remember the mind is your best muscle…big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains….Ride the brain train for success.”
“I’m a very physical person. People don’t credit me with much of a brain, so why should I disillusion them?”
“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 would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.”
“Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.”
“I know I cannot hold on to them forever, but I will as long as I can. I pity the first boy to knock on the door for a date. I’m gonna buy ten more Rambo outfits just to make sure they’re too scared to put a foot wrong. They will probably all run a mile, which suits me just fine. I know I won’t be able to help myself playing the worried dad. My girls were born with the flirt gene. It’s very funny, but it also worries me about what a handful I will have in a few years time. I know it’s stupid – I just don’t want them to grow up. I love my family. I can’t imagine life without them all in the house.”
“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 realize, ‘Oh my God!’ because you’ve opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers.”
“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.”
“I really am a manifestation of my own fantasy.”
“We’re all expendable. We think the world’s going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then… life goes on.”
“I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.”
“No one likes to fail at anything, but I believe I’m a better person for it. I learned life’s lessons. You’re given certain gifts and that’s what you should try to be.”
“I think that’s become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family – a statement – and you can afford it, then that’s a noble project.”
“I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”
“I think the people who have been so supportive and loyal will be happy with the final chapter in Rocky Balboa’s life because I think we bring the character to a final and noble conclusion.”