Top 250 Sylvester Stallone Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “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.”

— Sylvester Stallone

102. “To be really artful, though, you have to be subjective and so singular.”

— Sylvester Stallone

103. “You are what you leave behind.”

— Sylvester Stallone

104. “Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.”

— Sylvester Stallone

105. “I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It’s not easier, it’s more difficult.”

— Sylvester Stallone

106. “When you find the right components in your life, the right people, that gel with you, then you feel as though you’re invincible. It may be a fallacy, but you at least feel as though you can take all that life has to dish out.”

— Sylvester Stallone

107. “There’ll never be a ‘Rocky IV.’ You gotta call a halt.”

— Sylvester Stallone

108. “I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche – there ought to be some interesting discoveries there. Love stories. If you do it right, people want to hear romantic dialog.”

— Sylvester Stallone

109. “I think I came along at an opportune time. I don’t know if that would happen anymore, because the whole way of doing business in Hollywood has changed.”

— Sylvester Stallone

110. “I really am a manifestation of my own fantasy.”

— Sylvester Stallone

111. “I know I’m incredibly unpredictable, and that’s the only thing I’m sure of.”

— Sylvester Stallone

112. “If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.”

— Sylvester Stallone

113. “The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it’s best to stay focused and be honest with yourself.”

— Sylvester Stallone

114. “Halloween is the only time people can become what they want to be without getting fired.”

— Sylvester Stallone

115. “If you’re gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.”

— Sylvester Stallone

116. “I was an insecure kid. Once I saw ‘Hercules’ with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn’t be here today.”

— Sylvester Stallone

117. “I’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.”

— Sylvester Stallone

118. “Rambo isn’t violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.”

— Sylvester Stallone

119. “For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can’t all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That’s where you set your goal.”

— Sylvester Stallone

120. “We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it’s a metaphorical battle all of the time.”

— Sylvester Stallone

121. “I’ve always said that the artist dies twice. And the first death is the hardest which is the career death, the creative death. The physical death is an inevitability.”

— Sylvester Stallone

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

— Sylvester Stallone

123. “People don’t realize that when they ‘throw out’ their back, it’s often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.”

— Sylvester Stallone

124. “Boxing is a great way to vent. I don’t know if there is a better way, I think for women too. There is something so primal about it and it’s the best exercise in the world, even if you don’t ever get in the ring.”

— Sylvester Stallone

125. “I’ve kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes, and eventually I’ll spring back to what I originally was.”

— Sylvester Stallone

126. “If you come into my house, I’m going to fight much more viciously to get you out than if we were on a neutral piece of land.”

— Sylvester Stallone

127. “There’s no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He’s brilliant. Just because his physique belies that, don’t underestimate him.”

— Sylvester Stallone

128. “You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.”

— Sylvester Stallone

129. “You cannot train yourself. I feel the same way about Christianity and about what the church is: The church is the gym of the soul.”

— Sylvester Stallone

130. “Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate’s or children’s egos than your own. You’re now a giver instead of a taker.”

— Sylvester Stallone

131. “I’m not a genetically superior person. I built my body.”

— Sylvester Stallone

132. “Some people maybe try to justify their laziness. You take out what you put in and the more I go to church and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus, and to listening to his word and have him guide my hand I feel the pressure’s off me.”

— Sylvester Stallone

133. “That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.”

— Sylvester Stallone

134. “I just want to say that, all you do, no matter how bad your diet is, for the first six months or year, I just reduce the amount, even if it’s horrible stuff. That you can deal with it.”

— Sylvester Stallone

135. “With writing, I think you have to be honest with yourself. I have a certain kind of writing; that is, I like to really embellish the human spirit. You have to write about something you have a feel for.”

— Sylvester Stallone

136. “All young men want to prove themselves.”

— Sylvester Stallone

137. “I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.”

— Sylvester Stallone

138. “Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper abdominal muscles rather than your hip muscles. If you’re not used to them, they can cause soreness a day or two later, but it’s a ‘cool’ soreness. A badge of honor.”

— Sylvester Stallone

139. “The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think.”

— Sylvester Stallone

140. “I’m the Hiroshima of love.”

— Sylvester Stallone

141. “I tell people diets don’t work. And I don’t care what they say. I have tried them all.”

— Sylvester Stallone

142. “In a contest between me and a bulldog, you would say the bulldog is cuter.”

— Sylvester Stallone

143. “Once I stopped trying to always do everything my way, and once I asked for God’s help, things have truly gone a different direction.”

— Sylvester Stallone

144. “Every generation, including mine, has to find their own heroes.”

— Sylvester Stallone

145. “I think everyone has questions in their mind. Did they do their very best?”

— Sylvester Stallone

146. “Time is truly the great enemy. It’s not the great healer, it’s the great stealer.”

— Sylvester Stallone

147. “The man who can best gets along with women, is the man who can get along without them.”

— Sylvester Stallone

148. “At the end of the day, ‘Rocky’ is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.”

— Sylvester Stallone

149. “The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can’t change. After I die, I’ll probably come back as a paintbrush.”

— Sylvester Stallone

150. “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.”

— Sylvester Stallone