Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.

Plan B. You've always got to have a Plan B.

I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during 'Rocky II' and had 60 stitches. If you've seen 'Rocky Balboa,' you'll know how bad they look.

I'd live in a museum if I could. I used to spend hours and hours in the Museum of Modern Art.

Boxing is the only sport where you have the audience coming right up to you and saying, "You Stink." And you got to deal with that. It's like being in front of the lions.

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

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.