Fifty years after "Rocky" made Sylvester Stallone a household name, the 80-year-old says his advice to people who are struggling is "you have nothing to lose" if you try."Rocky," a story about a low-level boxer who got the unexpected chance to become a champion, parallels the actor’s own life from being so broke he had to sell his dog to winning the Oscar for the 1976 classic."What would you tell the kid who’s sleeping on the bench at Port Authority with $80 in his pocket?" Fox News’ Bret Baier asked Stallone on "Special Report" on Tuesday while discussing his new memoir "The Steps."'I PLAY ROCKY' REVIVES THE GAMBLE THAT MADE SYLVESTER STALLONE A SUPERSTARSylvester Stallone said his own motto is "I tried." (Getty Images)"You have nothing to lose.Seriously, you have nothing to lose.
With failure you don’t get shot.There’s no firing squad," Stallone said.
"The only thing you have to lose is your peace of mind if you don’t try.At least try.
You may quit halfway through, but at least say, ‘I tried.’"Stallone said his own motto is "I tried."SYLVESTER STALLONE SAYS HE'D BE IN 'BIG TROUBLE' TRYING TO MAKE HIS CAREER IN TODAY'S HOLLYWOODAs a broke 23-year-old backpacking through the Pyrenees in Europe in 1969, Stallone wrote in the book that a fortune teller predicted he would find fortune by 1976, the same year "Rocky" came out."And she said also, ‘A woman will bring you into the circle of attention, and that was my manager Jane Oliver who’s the only one like who plucked me from obscurity," he said.SYLVESTER STALLONE REVEALS SURPRISING HEALTH STRUGGLE BEHIND HIS FAMOUSLY RIPPED PHYSIQUEActors Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers perform a boxing scene in the 1976 movie "Rocky." (Getty Images)Early in his career, Stallone went by the name Mike, but decided to go back to Sylvester.Stallone felt pre-"Rocky" that he was drifting off into "total obscurity" and thought if Humphrey Bogart could make a career with his name, then "Sylvester’s not so bad."SY...