Sylvester Stallone is an actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is known for his popular portrayal in the movie Rocky as Rocky balboa. It has been a cult movie for many for strength and inspiration. The Story of coming from an underdog to win the championship twice. Even to play Rocky balboa Sylvester Stallone has to give up a lot and later went on to become one of the most inspirational movies and story line. Here are some of the Sylvester Stallone quotes about life, Strength and some Rocky balboa quotes that will motivate you.
“Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.”
“Remember the mind is your best muscle… Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains…. Ride the brain train for success.”
“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failures.”
“I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.”
“I stopped thinking the way other people think a long time ago. You gotta think like you think.”
“Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.”
“I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.”
“I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind and furious optimism.”
“Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.”
“I am not the richest, smartest, or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.”
“Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality – that’s the main event.”
“Going on one more round, when you don’t think you can that’s what makes all the difference in your life.”
“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.”
“Life is an opponent that never stops punching, so you better never stop punching back.”
“That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighbourhood.”
“Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.”
“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.”
Rocky Balboa Quotes
“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”
“Until you start believing in yourself, you ain’t gonna have a life.”
“Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.”
“Maybe it’s you who ain’t got it no more.”
“Going in one more round when you don’t think you can. That’s what makes all the difference in your life.”
“No, maybe I can’t win, maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he’s got. But to beat me, he’s gonna have to kill me, and to kill me, he’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me, and to do that, he’s gotta be willing to die himself and I don’t know if he’s ready to do that. I don’t know, I don’t know.”
“People do because they want to do.”
“Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!”
“Nobody owes nobody nothing. You owe yourself.”
“Remember, the mind is your best muscle. Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains.”
“Because if you’re willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who’s got the right to stop you? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something… and you’re told no, even after you paid your dues? Who’s got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! It’s your right to listen to your gut, it ain’t nobody’s right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do!
“If this is something you wanna do, and if this is something you gotta do, then you do it. Fighters fight.”
“Every once in a while a person comes along who defies the odds, who defies logic, and fulfills an incredible dream.”
“You can’t learn when you’re talking. That’s a fact of life. As long as you’re talking, you’re not listening.”
“You’re gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you’ve ever dreamed. But when it’s over, I know you’ll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. Do it.”
“Nothing is real if you don’t believe in who you are.”
