Rewind·Posted on Jul 18, 201423 Tough Guy Lessons Taught By Sylvester StalloneNo pain, no gain.by Andrew ZieglerBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. There is absolutely no such thing as being too prepared. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. Put work before EVERYTHING. Your family will always be there. There's always another graduation around the corner. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. DO NOT throw in the towel, especially if your face looks like a sagging bag of crabapples. That's how you know you're winning. 4. Living in the past is the only way to live. The future is for chumps. Three seashells? What's that? 5. Don't dress for the job you have, dress for the job you want. 6. If your breakfast can't be prepared and consumed in ten seconds or less, you're ~losing~ valuable time and are therefore a loser. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. Outgunned? Undermanned? As long as you look the coolest, you'll emerge the victor. Please note: Aviators and grenades. 8. With the right background music, anything and everything can be accomplished. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. If authority is preventing you from being yourself, defy it dramatically. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. Sure, keep your enemies close, but keep your friends way closer. You guys might want to collab for a movie someday. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. There is no problem, big or small, that you can't tackle ENTIRELY alone. 12. DON'T LET GO! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. "Amateur" and "professional" are just words. They literally don't mean anything. They were invented by losers. 14. Don't forget: hospitals are for wimps. 15. Anything and everything is a potential piece of exercise equipment. Improvisation works better than the "real" thing anyway. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. Don't let the haters in. If you think you look good, you look good. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. Don't let failure get you down. There will ALWAYS be a second chance. And a third chance, a fourth chance, a fifth chance, and a sixth chance. 18. There's no such thing as a dead or dying career. Age? What even is that? 19. It doesn't matter who drew blood first. What matters is who draws it last. 20. Winning is everything. Don't let the losers try to tell you otherwise. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. There is nothing more motivating than a worthy adversary. Don't have one? Make one! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. If you don't get what you want right away, scream until you do. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 23. Focus on your strengths, and push them to their absolute limits.