People accept Rocky Balboa as authentic. I can`t tell you how many people have come up to me and asked about my boxing career. It`s like they really want to believe that Rocky exists. You know, I`m amazed by all of this. At one time I thought people would...
[Talking about the proliferation of guns in the U.S., following the murder of Phil Hartman in 1998, who was shot to death by his wife] Until America, door to door, takes every handgun, this is what you`re gonna have. It`s pathetic. It really is pathetic. ...
No one likes to fail at anything, but I believe I`m a better person for it. I learned life`s lessons. You`re given certain gifts and that`s what you should try to be.