Every rep I did on chin-ups, on squats with 500 pounds, I never said, to myself, 'Oh, my God, another rep.' I said, 'Yes, another rep, because that will make my dream turn into a reality.'

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

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

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing.

Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job PARKING CARS!

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

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.

Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them.

I feel like a three-dimensional girl in a two-dimensional world.

A stout heart breaks bad luck.

Change is easy to propose, hard to implement, and especially hard to sustain.

In poor Rosamond's mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.

If you can't write freely and if you can't speak freely in your country, you can be sure that you are living in a very primitive country!

Before I die, I want to fight for life.

My good films were independent and my bad films were not.

When someone won't let you in, eventually you stop knocking.

Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.