The steps a memoir

"In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stallone recounts how he pursued his own drea...

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Main Author: Stallone, Sylvester (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2026].
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Step zero: Spain. The fortune teller
  • Step one: New York. Back in the kitchen
  • Home unsweet home
  • Male pattern baldness
  • Lions in cages
  • Getting ready for failure
  • Fight or flight
  • My buddies, the pigeons
  • Impatience is a virtue
  • Sink or swim
  • You're not intimidating enough
  • School is what you don't make it
  • "But you hung in there"
  • "Can you be tough?"
  • "The Vatican of words"
  • A home to write in
  • Keeping it in gear
  • Horses
  • The Lords of Flatbush
  • Buy me that ring!
  • The wild West
  • The road trip
  • Step two: Los Angeles. "Seriously, don't waste your time"
  • Wedlock and headlock
  • Surviving the snake pit
  • Step three: Rocky. "I don't like him"
  • "The studio won't put up a friggin' penny for an unknown"
  • Do or die, Sly
  • "My sister hits harder than that!"
  • "She's perfection!"
  • The gazelle and the turtle
  • motherly love
  • The blue hat
  • The steps
  • Pull the plug
  • The fight within the fight
  • "Adrian, where's your hat?"
  • To all the Rockys
  • The final step: Philadelphia. Epilogue
  • Acknowlegments.