Book of Balboa

Words of inspiration from the great Rocky Balboa (and known associates)  

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You're gonna eat lightning, and you're gonna crap thunder. We're gonna have to put you in a cage kid.

Mickey Goldmill, Rocky II (1979)

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A lot of people come to Vegas to lose.  I didn't

Rocky Balboa, Rocky Balboa (2006)

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Reporter:  What’s your prediction for the fight, then?

Clubber:  Prediction?

Reporter:  Yes, prediction.

Clubber:  Pain

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It ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

—  Rocky Balboa, Rocky Balboa (2006)

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There is no tomorrow!

—  Apollo Creed, Rocky III (1982)

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Like your Popeye, he ate his spinach everyday.

—  Ludmilla Drago, Rocky IV (1985)

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You see yourself doing right, and you do right.

Mickey Goldmill, Rocky V (1990)

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We're born with a killer instinct ... We have to be right in the middle of the action 'cause we're the warriors.  And without some challenge, without some damn war to fight, then the warrior may as well be dead.

—  Apollo Creed, Rocky IV (1985)

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Stay In School

Reporter: Rocky, what did you think going into the last round?

Rocky: I don’t know, that I should’ve stayed in school or something.

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All those fighters you beat, you beat them with heart, not muscle.

—  Adrian Balboa, Rocky V (1990)

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You ain’t down, and you ain’t a loser. You’re just a jealous, lazy bum.

Rocky Balboa, Rocky III (1982)

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Apollo thinks you can do it. So do I. But you, you’ve gotta want to do it for the right reasons. Not for the guilt over Mickey, not for the people, not for the title, not for money or me, but for you. Just you, just you alone.

—  Adrian Balboa, Rocky III (1982)

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Let me tell you something kid. For a 45-minute fight, you gotta train hard for 45,000 minutes. 45,000. That’s 10 weeks. That’s ten hours a day. You listening?

—  Mickey Goldmill, Rocky II (1979) 

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Don’t tell me what you think!  Go out there and do it!

—  Apollo Creed, Rocky III (1982)

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Look, nobody owes nobody nothing.  You owe yourself.

Rocky Balboa, Rocky III (1982)

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Your best friend is a guy named Frankie Fear. 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. ... But the thing is, you gotta learn how to control it. ... 'Cause fear is like this fire ... and it's burning deep inside. Now if you control it ... it's gonna make you hot. But, you see, if this thing here, it controls you, it's going to burn you and everything else around you up.

—  Rocky Balboa, Rocky V (1990)

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You’re gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare that you ever dreamed.  But in the end, I know you’ll be the one standing.

—  Tony “Duke” Evers, Rocky IV (1985)