Training and working in Philadelphia is a very unusual situation because that city does believe that Rocky is real. No one calls me Sylvester, it's Rocky.

Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.

I wish my daughters would box. I'm so worried about the guys coming up to them. I would love them to be able to smack a guy right off a bar stool.

Racing's very much like the world of acting. You have your front runners and you have guys that are there for the long race, and you have other guys that block for other people, that are called supporting and character actors. It's all the same kind of situation.

You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.

People asked if I could have played the Terminator. Are you kidding? Not a chance, I never could have played the Terminator.

Usually whenever you're scared of something, do it. If you're not afraid of it, don't do it.