Rocky Quotes
Tommy Gunn: [as Rocky goes back into the bar] Hey. Hey! I'm not done talking to you yet.
Rocky Balboa: Listen, Tommy. I've got notin' else to say to you okay?
George W. Duke: Rocky Balboa. Tommy Gunn wants to fight you in his next match. Do you, or do you not accept Tommy's challenge?
Rocky Balboa: [to Tommy] Listen, Tommy. This guy wants us to fight in the ring. When we were together, we were like, like brothers. [Tommy shrugs to Duke in disgust at Rocky]
Rocky Balboa: You see, Tommy Duke wants us to fight, get us to fight in the ring. He don't care about you Tommy, he don't care about me either.
Paulie: C'mon Rock. Get out of here. [Turns to Tommy]
Paulie: Tommy, you're a peice of garbage, you know that?
Tommy Gunn: Hey, stay out of it.
Paulie: No, you listen okay? Rocky, Rocky, he's the real champion, you're just a goddamn joke. [Paulie pshes back Tommy and Tommy punches him back, Rocky comes back to console Paulie]
Paulie: [to Rocky] Yous hould've left him on streets where you found him.
Rocky Balboa: [to Tommy] Hey! You knock him down how 'bout tryin' knockin' *me* down.
George W. Duke: No, no. In the ring. In the ring. Tommy only fights in the ring.
Rocky Balboa: My ring's outside.
Rocky Balboa: Listen, Tommy. I've got notin' else to say to you okay?
George W. Duke: Rocky Balboa. Tommy Gunn wants to fight you in his next match. Do you, or do you not accept Tommy's challenge?
Rocky Balboa: [to Tommy] Listen, Tommy. This guy wants us to fight in the ring. When we were together, we were like, like brothers. [Tommy shrugs to Duke in disgust at Rocky]
Rocky Balboa: You see, Tommy Duke wants us to fight, get us to fight in the ring. He don't care about you Tommy, he don't care about me either.
Paulie: C'mon Rock. Get out of here. [Turns to Tommy]
Paulie: Tommy, you're a peice of garbage, you know that?
Tommy Gunn: Hey, stay out of it.
Paulie: No, you listen okay? Rocky, Rocky, he's the real champion, you're just a goddamn joke. [Paulie pshes back Tommy and Tommy punches him back, Rocky comes back to console Paulie]
Paulie: [to Rocky] Yous hould've left him on streets where you found him.
Rocky Balboa: [to Tommy] Hey! You knock him down how 'bout tryin' knockin' *me* down.
George W. Duke: No, no. In the ring. In the ring. Tommy only fights in the ring.
Rocky Balboa: My ring's outside.
Movie: Rocky
[Paulie overhears Rocky and now he's angry and hurt]
Paulie: I don't want nothin' from you. I don't want nothin' from you. This ain't no charity case. Get outta my house.
Adrian: It's not just your house.
Paulie: [to Rocky] You ain't no friend no more. Get outta my house, I just says.
Adrian: Don't talk to him like that.
Paulie: Both of you get out of my house.
Rocky: Yo... It's cold outside, Paulie. [drops his hat; getting angrier, Paulie grabs his bat]
Paulie: I don't want you messin' her, and I don't raise you to go with this scum bum! Yeah? Come on! You wanna hit on me? Come on! I'll break both your arms so they don't work for ya! [Paulie smashed a lamp, then a dinner tray; Adrian screams]
Paulie: [Screaming] That's right! I'm not good enough to meet with Gazzo... [spits]
Paulie: - that's what I think of Gazzo! Now your a big-shot fighter on your way up, you don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie! When I go out and get your meat every morning! You forgot that! Then I even give you my sister, too!
Adrian: Only a pig would say that!
Paulie: I'm a pig? A pig gives you the best?
Paulie: [Smashes a coffee set] You're such a loser! I don't get married because of you! You can't live by yourself! I put you two together! And you - don't you forget it! You owe me! You owe me!
Adrian: [Freaks out] WHAT DO I OWE YOU?
Paulie: [cries] You're supposed to be good to me.
Adrian: WHAT DO I OWE YOU, PAULIE? WHAT DO I OWE YOU? I treat you good! I cook for you! I cleaned
Paulie: I don't want nothin' from you. I don't want nothin' from you. This ain't no charity case. Get outta my house.
Adrian: It's not just your house.
Paulie: [to Rocky] You ain't no friend no more. Get outta my house, I just says.
Adrian: Don't talk to him like that.
Paulie: Both of you get out of my house.
Rocky: Yo... It's cold outside, Paulie. [drops his hat; getting angrier, Paulie grabs his bat]
Paulie: I don't want you messin' her, and I don't raise you to go with this scum bum! Yeah? Come on! You wanna hit on me? Come on! I'll break both your arms so they don't work for ya! [Paulie smashed a lamp, then a dinner tray; Adrian screams]
Paulie: [Screaming] That's right! I'm not good enough to meet with Gazzo... [spits]
Paulie: - that's what I think of Gazzo! Now your a big-shot fighter on your way up, you don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie! When I go out and get your meat every morning! You forgot that! Then I even give you my sister, too!
Adrian: Only a pig would say that!
Paulie: I'm a pig? A pig gives you the best?
Paulie: [Smashes a coffee set] You're such a loser! I don't get married because of you! You can't live by yourself! I put you two together! And you - don't you forget it! You owe me! You owe me!
Adrian: [Freaks out] WHAT DO I OWE YOU?
Paulie: [cries] You're supposed to be good to me.
Adrian: WHAT DO I OWE YOU, PAULIE? WHAT DO I OWE YOU? I treat you good! I cook for you! I cleaned
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Rocky : Well, ya see, sir I understand you're lookin' for sparrin' partners for Apollo, and I jus' want ta let ya know that I am very available.
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Apollo Creed : 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.
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Mickey : Your nose is broken.
Rocky : How does it look?
Mickey : Ah, it's an improvement.
Rocky : How does it look?
Mickey : Ah, it's an improvement.
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[ Adrian is trying to get to Rocky in the ring ]
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Adrian.
Adrian : Rocky.
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Adrian.
Adrian : Rocky.
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[ the 15th and final round of the fight has ended; reporters climb into the ring for interviews ]
Fight Announcer : [ interviews Rocky ] It was chaos. Rocky, you went the distance. You went the 15 rounds. How do you feel?
Rocky : All right!
Fight Announcer : What were you thinking about when that buzzer sounded?
Rocky : [ yelling ] Adrian!
Fight Announcer : What were you thinking when the 15th...
Rocky : What? Adrian!
Rocky : Rocky? Rocky?
Jergens : [ taking the mic ] Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention, please.
Adrian : Rocky? Rocky!
Jergens : Tonight, we have had the privilege of witnessing the greatest exhibition of guts and stamina in the history of the ring!
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky. Rocky!
Jergens : [ reads the results ] Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a split decision. [ Jergens continues; indistinct ]
Rocky : ADRIAN!
Adrian : Rocky!
Jergens : ...for Creed! [ audience cheers ]
Fight Announcer : [ interviews Rocky ] It was chaos. Rocky, you went the distance. You went the 15 rounds. How do you feel?
Rocky : All right!
Fight Announcer : What were you thinking about when that buzzer sounded?
Rocky : [ yelling ] Adrian!
Fight Announcer : What were you thinking when the 15th...
Rocky : What? Adrian!
Rocky : Rocky? Rocky?
Jergens : [ taking the mic ] Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention, please.
Adrian : Rocky? Rocky!
Jergens : Tonight, we have had the privilege of witnessing the greatest exhibition of guts and stamina in the history of the ring!
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky. Rocky!
Jergens : [ reads the results ] Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a split decision. [ Jergens continues; indistinct ]
Rocky : ADRIAN!
Adrian : Rocky!
Jergens : ...for Creed! [ audience cheers ]
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Paulie : [ talking about Adrian ] You like her?
Rocky : Sure, I like her.
Paulie : What's the attraction?
Rocky : I dunno... she fills gaps.
Paulie : What's 'gaps'?
Rocky : I dunno, she's got gaps, I got gaps, together we fill gaps.
Paulie : Are you ballin' her?
Rocky : Hey! [ punches Paulie in the shoulder ]
Rocky : You don't talk dirty about your sister!
Rocky : Sure, I like her.
Paulie : What's the attraction?
Rocky : I dunno... she fills gaps.
Paulie : What's 'gaps'?
Rocky : I dunno, she's got gaps, I got gaps, together we fill gaps.
Paulie : Are you ballin' her?
Rocky : Hey! [ punches Paulie in the shoulder ]
Rocky : You don't talk dirty about your sister!
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[ Rocky and Gazzo step out of the car for a talk ]
Gazzo : [ upset ] How come you didn't break this guy's thumb like I told you?
Rocky : Well, how did you know I didn't...
Gazzo : You don't think I hear things? Did I give you a job this morning or didn't I, huh?
Rocky : Yeah.
Gazzo : So why didn't you break his thumb like I told you? When you don't do what I tell you to do, you make me look bad, Rock.
Rocky : [ trying to come up with an excuse ] I figured... look, I figured if I break the guy's thumb, he gets laid off, right? Then he can't make...
Gazzo : [ cuts Rocky off ] Yeah, well don't figure! Let me do the figurin', okay, Rock? From here on in, just let me do the figuring, you know? These guys think we're running some kind of charity or something. That they can get off light. From here on in, do what I tell you to do, because it's bad for my reputation! You understand? You got... [ shoves Rocky ]
Gazzo : You got it, Rock?
Rocky : [ beat ] I got it.
Gazzo : Good. Now, tomorrow you collect 400 from Del Rio. And when I tell you to break a guy's nose or thumb as a "late payment notice", you do it!
Rocky : [ to Gazzo as he walks back towards the car ] Hey, how do you spell "Del Rio"?
Gazzo : [ angrly ] Open a dictionary, Rock!
Rocky : What's a dictionary? Hey, come on! I won't let it happen again. Come on! How do you spell Del Rio?
Bodyguard : [ to Rocky as he drives off with Gazzo ] Hey... so long, meatbag!
Rocky : [ to Buddy the Bodyguard as he drives away ] Hey, maybe I shouda broke your thumb!
Gazzo : [ upset ] How come you didn't break this guy's thumb like I told you?
Rocky : Well, how did you know I didn't...
Gazzo : You don't think I hear things? Did I give you a job this morning or didn't I, huh?
Rocky : Yeah.
Gazzo : So why didn't you break his thumb like I told you? When you don't do what I tell you to do, you make me look bad, Rock.
Rocky : [ trying to come up with an excuse ] I figured... look, I figured if I break the guy's thumb, he gets laid off, right? Then he can't make...
Gazzo : [ cuts Rocky off ] Yeah, well don't figure! Let me do the figurin', okay, Rock? From here on in, just let me do the figuring, you know? These guys think we're running some kind of charity or something. That they can get off light. From here on in, do what I tell you to do, because it's bad for my reputation! You understand? You got... [ shoves Rocky ]
Gazzo : You got it, Rock?
Rocky : [ beat ] I got it.
Gazzo : Good. Now, tomorrow you collect 400 from Del Rio. And when I tell you to break a guy's nose or thumb as a "late payment notice", you do it!
Rocky : [ to Gazzo as he walks back towards the car ] Hey, how do you spell "Del Rio"?
Gazzo : [ angrly ] Open a dictionary, Rock!
Rocky : What's a dictionary? Hey, come on! I won't let it happen again. Come on! How do you spell Del Rio?
Bodyguard : [ to Rocky as he drives off with Gazzo ] Hey... so long, meatbag!
Rocky : [ to Buddy the Bodyguard as he drives away ] Hey, maybe I shouda broke your thumb!
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Rocky : Adrian!
Fight Announcer : Your fans out there deserve a rematch!
Rocky : It ain't gonna be no rematch! Oh, come on! I had enough things in my face tonight! Adrian!
Fight Announcer : You heard him, Ladies and...
Fight Announcer : Your fans out there deserve a rematch!
Rocky : It ain't gonna be no rematch! Oh, come on! I had enough things in my face tonight! Adrian!
Fight Announcer : You heard him, Ladies and...
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[ Last lines; Adrian snuck inside the ring ]
Rocky : Adrian! Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Hey, where's your hat?
Adrian : I love you!
Rocky : I love you.
Adrian : [ grabs and hugs Rocky ] I love you!
Rocky : [ out of breath ] I love you. I love you.
Adrian : I love you!
Rocky : I love you. I love you.
Adrian : I love you!
Rocky : Adrian! Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Adrian!
Adrian : Rocky!
Rocky : Hey, where's your hat?
Adrian : I love you!
Rocky : I love you.
Adrian : [ grabs and hugs Rocky ] I love you!
Rocky : [ out of breath ] I love you. I love you.
Adrian : I love you!
Rocky : I love you. I love you.
Adrian : I love you!
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Adrian : [ just before the big fight ] I'll be here waiting for you.
Rocky : How 'bout I stay here and you fight?
Rocky : How 'bout I stay here and you fight?
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Adrian : Is this you?
Rocky : Yeah, that's me when I was eight years old, that's the Italian Stallion when he was a baby.
Rocky : Yeah, that's me when I was eight years old, that's the Italian Stallion when he was a baby.
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Rocky : I can't do it.
Adrian : What?
Rocky : I can't beat him.
Adrian : Apollo?
Rocky : Yeah. I been out there walkin' around, thinkin'. I mean, who am I kiddin'? I ain't even in the guy's league.
Adrian : What are we gonna do?
Rocky : I don't know.
Adrian : You worked so hard.
Rocky : Yeah, that don't matter. 'Cause I was nobody before.
Adrian : Don't say that.
Rocky : Ah come on, Adrian, it's true. I was nobody. But that don't matter either, you know? 'Cause I was thinkin', 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.
Adrian : What?
Rocky : I can't beat him.
Adrian : Apollo?
Rocky : Yeah. I been out there walkin' around, thinkin'. I mean, who am I kiddin'? I ain't even in the guy's league.
Adrian : What are we gonna do?
Rocky : I don't know.
Adrian : You worked so hard.
Rocky : Yeah, that don't matter. 'Cause I was nobody before.
Adrian : Don't say that.
Rocky : Ah come on, Adrian, it's true. I was nobody. But that don't matter either, you know? 'Cause I was thinkin', 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.
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Paulie : [ in the bathroom of a bar ] I'd like to kill the freaking guy who broke this mirror.
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Adrian : Paulie, it's Thanksgiving. I got a turkey in the oven.
Paulie : Oh... a turkey in the oven. [ he takes the turkey out ]
Paulie : You want the bird? [ he throws it out the door ]
Paulie : Go in the alley and eat the bird!
Adrian : [ disgusted ] Oh Paulie!
Paulie : Oh... a turkey in the oven. [ he takes the turkey out ]
Paulie : You want the bird? [ he throws it out the door ]
Paulie : Go in the alley and eat the bird!
Adrian : [ disgusted ] Oh Paulie!
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Paulie : [ about Adrian ] She's pushing thirty freaking years old, and if she don't wise up, she's gonna die an old maid.
Rocky : I'm thirty myself!
Rocky : I'm thirty myself!
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Apollo Creed : Apollo Creed vs. the Italian Stallion. Sounds like a damn monster movie.
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Rocky : Don't smoke that. It makes your breath like garbage.
Marie : Maybe I like garbage.
Rocky : [ putting out the cigarette ] Nobody likes garbage!
Marie : Maybe I like garbage.
Rocky : [ putting out the cigarette ] Nobody likes garbage!
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Bartender : You want me to take a shot? All right. [ pours himself a drink ]
Bartender : I'll take a shot!
Bartender : I'll take a shot!
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[ Paulie overhears Rocky and now he's angry and hurt ]
Paulie : I don't want nothin' from you. I don't want nothin' from you. This ain't no charity case. Get outta my house.
Adrian : It's not just your house.
Paulie : [ to Rocky ] You ain't no friend no more. Get outta my house, I just says.
Adrian : Don't talk to him like that.
Paulie : Both of you get out of my house.
Rocky : Yo... It's cold outside, Paulie. [ drops his hat; getting angrier, Paulie grabs his bat ]
Paulie : I don't want you messin' her, and I don't raise you to go with this scum bum! Yeah? Come on! You wanna hit on me? Come on! I'll break both your arms so they don't work for ya! [ Paulie smashed a lamp, then a dinner tray; Adrian screams ]
Paulie : [ Screaming ] That's right! I'm not good enough to meet with Gazzo... [ spits ]
Paulie : - that's what I think of Gazzo! Now your a big-shot fighter on your way up, you don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie! When I go out and get your meat every morning! You forgot that! Then I even give you my sister, too!
Adrian : Only a pig would say that!
Paulie : I'm a pig? A pig gives you the best?
Paulie : [ Smashes a coffee set ] You're such a loser! I don't get married because of you! You can't live by yourself! I put you two together! And you - don't you forget it! You owe me! You owe me!
Adrian : [ Freaks out ] WHAT DO I OWE YOU?
Paulie : [ cries ] You're supposed to be good to me.
Adrian : WHAT DO I OWE YOU, PAULIE? WHAT DO I OWE YOU? I treat you good! I cook for you! I cleaned for you! I pick up your dirty clothes! I take care of ya, Paulie! I don't owe you nothin'! And you made me feel like a loser! I'M NOT A LOSER!
Paulie : I don't want nothin' from you. I don't want nothin' from you. This ain't no charity case. Get outta my house.
Adrian : It's not just your house.
Paulie : [ to Rocky ] You ain't no friend no more. Get outta my house, I just says.
Adrian : Don't talk to him like that.
Paulie : Both of you get out of my house.
Rocky : Yo... It's cold outside, Paulie. [ drops his hat; getting angrier, Paulie grabs his bat ]
Paulie : I don't want you messin' her, and I don't raise you to go with this scum bum! Yeah? Come on! You wanna hit on me? Come on! I'll break both your arms so they don't work for ya! [ Paulie smashed a lamp, then a dinner tray; Adrian screams ]
Paulie : [ Screaming ] That's right! I'm not good enough to meet with Gazzo... [ spits ]
Paulie : - that's what I think of Gazzo! Now your a big-shot fighter on your way up, you don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie! When I go out and get your meat every morning! You forgot that! Then I even give you my sister, too!
Adrian : Only a pig would say that!
Paulie : I'm a pig? A pig gives you the best?
Paulie : [ Smashes a coffee set ] You're such a loser! I don't get married because of you! You can't live by yourself! I put you two together! And you - don't you forget it! You owe me! You owe me!
Adrian : [ Freaks out ] WHAT DO I OWE YOU?
Paulie : [ cries ] You're supposed to be good to me.
Adrian : WHAT DO I OWE YOU, PAULIE? WHAT DO I OWE YOU? I treat you good! I cook for you! I cleaned for you! I pick up your dirty clothes! I take care of ya, Paulie! I don't owe you nothin'! And you made me feel like a loser! I'M NOT A LOSER!
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