The character of Rocky was built on the idea that he was chosen to do something. That's why the first image in Rocky is the picture of Christ.

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.

Books are sacred wisdom.

If we can somehow survive this world, we would've achieved something in this world.

Every work has the bad side, and people will be mean to you, and when you're young, you don't know how to defend yourself.

I always did workshops. I would be at theater camp, doing shows, or after-school programs.

To the young, cliches seem freshly minted.

Peace must begin within self before there can come action or self application in a way to bring peace-even in thine own household, in thine own vicinity, in thine own state or nation.

I spent my first twenty years in Morocco, where I coached the national team.

MY DOCTOR phoned and said you don't deserve this news, but your lungs are crystal clear'.

There is nothing in this world you cannot accomplish if you are willing to forfeit your deposit.

In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.