Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.

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.

I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.

To know that the odds are so high that only through the perishing of your life will the minions survive, that's love. That's heroism.

You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media to make a flop.

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!

When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.