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! Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!

Stallone did go on to receive much acclaim for his role in the low-budget crime drama Cop Land (1997) in which he starred alongside Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta but the film was only a minor success at the box office. " In the initial correspondences Stallone guaranteed that he would "use Brown and Williamson tobacco products in no less than five feature films" but later to be consistent with the character of Rocky Balboa it was decided that "other leads will have product usage" in Rocky IV. She died at their mother Jackie Stallone's Santa Monica home after choosing to leave UCLA hospital.

Stallone's film Rocky was inducted into the National Film Registry as well as having its film props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. Stallone is well known for his Hollywood action roles. It was announced on December 7 2010 that Stallone was voted into boxing's Hall of Fame.