Sylvester Stallone had a very difficult and painful road to fame but it's one of the most inspirational success stories out there his life began with a tragedy during his birth his mother suffered some complications and as a result the lower left side of his face is paralyzed that includes parts of his lip tongue and chin growing up it was very difficult for him to talk in a normal way so as a child he was constantly bullied also at home things were not easy for him his parents had a toxic and hostile relationship and neglected young Stallone so he spent some of his earliest years in foster care his parents soon divorced and that crushed his already difficult childhood Stallone grew up as a troubled young boy who had problems with his rage he struggled emotionally and also academically so he ended up being expelled by 14 schools his self-esteem and confidence were non-existent so he turned to bodybuilding Stallone dropped out of high school to build an acting career in New York he constantly faced rejection and after years of trying he had minor success and was only getting small parts so to survive he was working all kinds of jobs he was cleaning lion cages at the zoo he was working as an usher at the movie theater anything he could find to make ends meet but he ended up being so broke that he was homeless for some time he slept at a bus station for a few weeks and because things got so hard he had to sell his dog to a family Stallone was heartbroken but he knew that he couldn't even provide food for his dog and he wanted the best for him one day after watching a boxing match Sylvester Stallone had an epiphany and a rush of inspiration and started writing about an unknown boxer who was going to stand up to life and in three days the script was done and rocky was born but when he tried to sell the script with him playing the main role nobody wanted it they offered Stallone 360,000 dollar for the script but with the condition that he wouldn't play rocky and remember at that moment his wife was pregnant he had no car 106 dollars in the bank and sold his dog to pay the bills he was tempted but he refused he knew that rocky was meant for him and decided to risk everything I'm not the richest smartest or most talented person in the world but I succeed because I keep going and going and going the producers eventually relented and let him star in the movie but paid him only a fraction of their last offer and after he sold the script he immediately got his dog back and the movie ended up winning three Oscars more movies followed rocky and Rambo became a huge success and the legend of Sylvester Stallone was born his incredibly motivational success story is proof that if you try hard enough anything is possible now unfortunately this is not the end of the story after he became successful Sylvester Stallone still had to go through a lot of painful things he went through a divorce his youngest son was diagnosed with autism and in 2012 his other son died from a heart attack life kept hitting him hard in the face but he never gave up 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 so what's your story you
