Sylvester Stallone stars as the up and coming boxer Rocky Balboa in the cult classic movie Rocky. The story follows Rocky through a one in a million chance to win big at a fight against a heavyweight boxer, Apollo Creed. There are plenty of kind-hearted helpers along the way including Rocky’s trainer, former boxer Mickey Goldmill, and his love interest Adrian Pennino. This film is a people pleaser with something for everyone including action, romance, and funny scenes. Stallone’s screenplay and John G. Avildsen’s direction come together to create a well-loved film that will provide entertainment for generations to come. The quote below display the timeless dialogue found throughout the film and we’re sure you’ll find a passage that applies to every situation in your life.
Until you start believing in yourself, you ain’t gonna have a life.
Sounds like a damn monster movie.
It really don’t matter if I lose this fight. It really don’t matter if this guy opens my head, either. ‘Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody’s ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I’m still standin’, I’m gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren’t just another bum from the neighborhood.
Yeah, yeah, well I love almost everybody.”
Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.
I’d hold you up to say to your mother, “this kid’s gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid’s gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew.
Going in one more round when you don’t think you can. That’s what makes all the difference in your life.
He don’t care ’bout you Tommy; he don’t care ’bout me neither!
OK, I’m gonna tell ya! You had the talent to become a good fighter, but instead of that, you become a leg breaker to some cheap, second rate loan shark!
If I can change and you can change, everybody can change.
Do you like having a good time? Then you need-a-good-watch!
I wanna kiss ya. You don’t have to kiss me back if ya don’t wanna. I wanna kiss you.
If this is something you wanna do and if this is something you gotta do, then you do it. Fighters fight.
I gotta problem I gotta fight!
Nobody owes nobody nothing. You owe yourself.
I stopped thinking the way other people think a long time ago. You gotta think like you think.
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 ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!
Nothing is real if you don’t believe in who you are!
During this fight, I’ve seen a lot of changing, in the way you feel about me and in the way I feel about you. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that’s better than twenty million. I guess what I’m trying to say, is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!
I got heart, but I ain’t got no locker. Do I, Mick?
Look. It’s the name man…The Italian Stallion. The media will eat it up. Now, who discovered America? An Italian, right. What would be better than to get it on with one of its descendents?
I think we make a real sharp couple of coconuts – I’m dumb, you’re shy, whaddaya think, huh?
If you stop this fight I’ll kill you.
I just want to say hi to my girlfriend, OK? Yo, Adrian! It’s me, Rocky.
To beat me, he’s going to have to kill me. He’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me and to do that, he’s got to be willing to die himself.
If this is something you wanna do, and if this is something you gotta do, then you do it. Fighters fight.
C’mon, champ, hit me in the face! My mom hits harder than you!
When can I fight again?
Get out of here! Don’t ya ever interrupt me while I’m conductin’ business. Move your little chicken asses out.
It’s like an animal morgue, you know.
You’re gonna eat lightnin’; you’re gonna crap thunder. You’re gonna become a very dangerous person.
Every once in awhile a person comes along who defies the odds, who defies logic, and fulfills an incredible dream
What’s so crazy about standing toe-to-toe with someone, saying ‘I am?
You got heart, but you fight like a god-damn ape. The only thing special about you is ya never got your nose busted – well, leave it that way, nice and pretty, and what’s left of your mind…Hey kid, did ya ever think about retirin’?…You think about it.
Stick and move. Stick and move.
I was wonderin’ if, uh, you wouldn’t mind marryin’ me very much.
You’re gonna eat lightning and you’re gonna crap thunder!
She’s got gaps. I got gaps. Together, we fill gaps.
Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!
No, maybe I can’t win, maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he’s got. But to beat me, he’s gonna have to kill me, and to kill me, he’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me, and to do that, he’s gotta be willing to die himself and I don’t know if he’s ready to do that. I don’t know, I don’t know.
Ya know, they always say if you live in one place long enough, you are that place.
Together, we fill gaps.
Remember, the mind is your best muscle. Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains.
Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.
Going in one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference in your life.
He doesn’t know it’s a show. He thinks it’s a damn fight.
“Why do you wanna fight?” – Adrian
“Because I can’t sing or dance.” – Rocky
“Because I can’t sing or dance.” – Rocky
Because if you’re willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who’s got the right to stop you? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something… and you’re told no, even after you paid your dues? Who’s got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! It’s your right to listen to your gut, it ain’t nobody’s right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do!
I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
“Your nose is broke.” – Mick
“How’s it look?” – Rocky
“Eh, it’s an improvement.” – Mick
“How’s it look?” – Rocky
“Eh, it’s an improvement.” – Mick
Time takes everybody out. Time is undefeated.
You knocked him down, why don’t you try knocking me down now.
I’m running a business here, not a g*dd*mn soup kitchen.
You see, fear is a fighter’s best friend. You know, but it ain’t nothing to be ashamed of. See, fear keeps you sharp, it keeps you awake, you know, it makes you want to survive. You know what I mean? But the thing is, you gotta learn how to control it. All right? ‘Cause fear is like this fire, all right? And it’s burning deep inside.
All I wanna do is go the distance.
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