Rocky Balboa quotes from Creed II (2018)
Played by Sylvester Stallone
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[deleted scene; eulogizing Spider Rico] I'm sad you're gone 'cause you're, like... my last friend from the old days. But I'm glad too, 'cause I know... wherever you're going has gotta be better than where you've been.
Scenes with Rocky Balboa
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[Rocky and Donnie argue over the Dragos' challenge]
Adonis "Donnie" Johnson Creed: I got to take the fight.
Rocky Balboa: Why?
Donnie: These dudes killed my pops. Now they’re parading around, talking shit. I can’t let that slide. I’m the champ, right?
Rocky: Yeah.
Donnie: So I ain’t got a choice.
Rocky: Choice? That’s the same thing your father said, and he died right here, in my hands. Look what his choice put your mother through. You don’t want to really bring all that stuff up again, do you, kid?
Donnie: I thought you would get it. If I don’t take this fight, I got to live with it right now.
Rocky: That kid was raised in hate, you know what I’m talking about? You weren’t. Don’t do it.
Donnie: But you did.
Rocky: It’s different.
Donnie: It was different?
Rocky: A lot different. I was supposed to be in there with Drago that night and not your father, and I could’ve thrown in the towel, but I didn’t. And I got to live with that. And when I did get in that ring, that guy broke things in me that ain’t never been fixed. It’s not worth it. Not at all. Why do you want to fight?
Donnie: What are you talking about? I just told you why.
Rocky: No, you didn’t, Donnie. Why do you want to fight? I get why they want to fight you. I know what they’re fighting for. What about you? Listen to me, you got everything to lose. He’s got nothing to lose. When a fighter ain’t got nothing to lose, he’s dangerous!
Donnie: I'm dangerous!!
Adonis "Donnie" Johnson Creed: I got to take the fight.
Rocky Balboa: Why?
Donnie: These dudes killed my pops. Now they’re parading around, talking shit. I can’t let that slide. I’m the champ, right?
Rocky: Yeah.
Donnie: So I ain’t got a choice.
Rocky: Choice? That’s the same thing your father said, and he died right here, in my hands. Look what his choice put your mother through. You don’t want to really bring all that stuff up again, do you, kid?
Donnie: I thought you would get it. If I don’t take this fight, I got to live with it right now.
Rocky: That kid was raised in hate, you know what I’m talking about? You weren’t. Don’t do it.
Donnie: But you did.
Rocky: It’s different.
Donnie: It was different?
Rocky: A lot different. I was supposed to be in there with Drago that night and not your father, and I could’ve thrown in the towel, but I didn’t. And I got to live with that. And when I did get in that ring, that guy broke things in me that ain’t never been fixed. It’s not worth it. Not at all. Why do you want to fight?
Donnie: What are you talking about? I just told you why.
Rocky: No, you didn’t, Donnie. Why do you want to fight? I get why they want to fight you. I know what they’re fighting for. What about you? Listen to me, you got everything to lose. He’s got nothing to lose. When a fighter ain’t got nothing to lose, he’s dangerous!
Donnie: I'm dangerous!!
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[Rocky has brought Adonis to a desert training camp, and Adonis is curious]
Adonis Creed: You gotta be messing with me right?
Rocky Balboa: Heard this is a place where fighters go, to start over, to get reborn.
Little Duke Evers: What took you all so long? Had some wild shit.
Creed: Yeah looks like hell to me.
Rocky: 'Cause you're going back to hell. Might as well get used to it. Let's go.
Adonis Creed: You gotta be messing with me right?
Rocky Balboa: Heard this is a place where fighters go, to start over, to get reborn.
Little Duke Evers: What took you all so long? Had some wild shit.
Creed: Yeah looks like hell to me.
Rocky: 'Cause you're going back to hell. Might as well get used to it. Let's go.
Other characters in Creed II (2018): Adonis Creed · Ivan Drago