February 7, 2023 Robin Schomberg-Nicholls The Sculptor of "The Statue" on Bringing Rocky Balboa to Life February 7, 2023 Robin Schomberg-Nicholls This week, Paul Farber's WHYY podcast, "The Statue”, features A. Thomas Schomberg, creator of the Rocky statue, who tells how he brought Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa character to life.