“You have to have an almost boundless reservoir of energy and interest to enter politics because quite often it’s thankless and fruitless and you can’t accomplish much.”

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

Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.

I love being verbal in films.

Rambo isn’t violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Like I said, I’ve got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support them emotionally and financially.

Age is a state of old mind. It gets to a point where if you get old enough, you forget how old you are, and that’s the best thing. And then you walk around kind of like in a fog.

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

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

People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.

I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God’s Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give.

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

I really am a manifestation of my own fantasy.

I’m a patriot of the heart.

Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.

Movies are a whole different ball-game, now. It’s much more of a business – very scientific.

Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me.

It’s always a huge red flag for me when somebody’s reticent or reluctant or a little slow in providing thoughtful references that are a testament to them as a person and their professional accomplishments.

It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat himself.Then something might start to rub off on you of that true elegance.

Write a thousand words a day and in three years you’ll be a writer!

Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?

I am very proud of my father and what he’s accomplished. It is amazing.

In Missouri, where I come from, we don’t talk about what we do – we just do it. If we talk about it, it’s seen as bragging.

I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don’t discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that’s very telling.

There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace.