The best Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.

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

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

You are what you leave behind.

I feel like Iverson, baby, but this ain't Post Malone
Every time I f*ck yo' b*tch, you smellin' my cologne
I'm flexin' on you n*ggas, b*tch, I feel so strong
I think I'm Thanos, b*tch, different colors on my stone
Say hello to my little friend, Sylvester Stallone
N*gga, I'm a king and I will never leave my throne

The last thing to age on somebody is their heart.

The only kind of respect that matters is self-respect.

It doesn't matter how this looks to other people. If this is something you gotta do, then you do it. Fighters fight.

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. 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; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!

You know, a lot of people come to Las Vegas to lose. I didn't.

I stopped thinking the way other people think a long time ago, you gotta think like you think.

It ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how you can get hit and keep moving forward.

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!

By the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you man and knife!

We are the shadows and the smoke, we rise. We are the ghosts that hide in the night.

Great, they got a small army. What have we got? [looks at Yin Yang] Four and a half men.

Sandra: "What are your names?"
Lee Christmas: "[points to himself] Buda..."
Lee Christmas: "[points to Barney] ...Pest"
Sandra: "Follow me, please."
Barney Ross: "Buda and Pest? Nice."

Being wealthy is very good. It allows people to be the real asswipes nature intended them to be.

Hale Caesar: "What happened to you?"
Barney Ross: "I got my ass kicked."

I promised myself, I'm gonna die for something that counts.

I once knew a man called Tool
To me, was the epitome of cool
He was good with a knife
Bad with a wife
But to think he could beat me
Dreaming he'd defeat me
Cool Tool
You gotta be a fool

Paine: "How many men you got?"
Barney Ross: "Just your mother!"

Yin Yang: "I need a raise."
Barney Ross: "Say what?"
Yin Yang: "I want it for my son."
Lee Christmas: "Since when did Yin Yang get a family?"
Yin Yang: "You don't ask, I don't tell."

No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

Manhattan, for millions of our forefathers, the gateway to hope, opportunity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams. Today, that hope is still alive, it's called "The First Date". On Saturday nights, every restaurant in Lower Manhattan resembles its own little Ellis Island.

I want to wake up in that city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

Wrist wet, wet like rain
Nike Swoosh, White Cocaines
Iceberg, that's Gucci Mane
Tall racks like Yao Ming

Just me and my b*tch and we 'bout to make a wish
All-star, no rim, b*tch, we go for the swish
I can take you to the moon, you can see the f*ckin' stars
You the fix to my drugs, I ain't talkin' 'bout no love

She told me that I'm not enough
And she left me with a broken heart
She fooled me twice and it's all my fault
She cut too deep, now she left me scarred

I never needed anything from you
And all I ever asked was for the truth
You showed your tongue and it was forked in two
Your venom was lethal, I almost believed you

Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

It's a simple calculus. This universe is finite, its resources, finite. If life is left unchecked, life will cease to exist. It needs correcting.

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

The future is easy because it doesn't exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

It's not about the absence of fear. It's overcoming it.

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

We think too much and feel too little.

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.