TA Title announcer
And fans, with us tonight, truly one of the fistic greats. He's coming up from ringside, the Master of Disaster, the King of Sting, the one and only Apollo Creed.
[Apollo enters the ring and walks up to Clubber] [slaps Apollo's hand away]
Get out my face. Don't need nothin' you ain't got no more. Don't need no has-been messin' in my corner. And ya better get that bad look off ya face before I knock it off! C'mon, you wanna jump, then jump. C'mon! C'mon, Creed! C'mon! Yeah, c'mon! Yeah, just like a chicken, you better run.
Apollo [walks away to speak to Rocky]
Give everybody a present and drop this chump, all right?
[the rematch between Rocky and Clubber is about to begin]
Hey, fool! You ready for another beatin'? You should've never came back!
Apollo Don't look at him. Let's just be cool.
[to Apollo]
Hey, boy. Hey, boy. After I crucify him, you next.
Apollo Just stay outta my face, chump.
[furiously]
Don't turn yo' back on me, sucka!!
N Nahan
[he shoves Apollo, and a melee breaks out]
We got a brawl before the bell!
[the bell rings, and the fight breaks up]
I'm-a get you! I'm-a get you! Let him go! I want him!
I thought you said "be cool"!
Apollo That was cool!
Apollo [in the ring sparring with Rocky]
He's hooking! He's hooking! DAMN, ROCK! COME ON! What's the matter with you?!
Tomorrow. Let's do it tomorrow.
Apollo THERE IS NO TOMORROW!! THERE IS NO TOMORROW!! THERE IS NO TOMORROW!!
Apollo [Rocky walks into Mickey's gym which is now closed down; he punches the speed bag]
That's not the way to do it.
Apollo You should hit it straight. Step into it.
Apollo Right. I waited at your house for about an hour. Your wife said you might be here.
Apollo Business.
If the papers knew we were talkin' like this, they'd think we was crazy. Why you?
Apollo Because I'm the best, and you need somebody to teach you different.
Apollo To be honest with you, I don't think you could pull it off without me, Rock.
You still didn't give me the answer, Apollo. What's the real reason?
Apollo Listen. It's quiet, isn't it? When you retire, it's too quiet. I mean, we way too young to retire, anyway. Besides, with the right touch, I could promote this thing into the biggest gate of all time. It'd be bigger than ours. Heaven knows I don't mind bein' involved with large numbers. Right?
I don't need this no more. I don't want this no more.
Apollo Look, man. When you beat me, I hurt all over, and I didn't wanna know from nothin' or nobody, not even my kids. Hell, every fighter knows that hurt, and we get sick inside trying to live with it. So don't back off now and make it right for yourself or you'll be sorry you didn't. We held the greatest title in the whole world, babe. You lost that fight, Rock, for all the wrong reasons. You lost your edge. All right. I know your manager dying had you all messed up inside. But the truth is, you didn't look hungry. Now, when we fought, you had the eye of the tiger, man. The edge! And now you gotta get back, and the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning. You know what I mean? [laughs] Maybe we can win it back together. Eye of the tiger, man.
Why'd you have to come here?
Apollo I have the plan. Get it back, man.
Apollo You got me curious, Rock.
Apollo [Rocky keeps getting hit by Clubber]
He's getting killed out there!
P Paulie
Oh, no, no. He's not getting killed, he's getting MAD!
Apollo [last lines, Rocky and Apollo are walking into the ring at Mickey's gym after the rematch.]
Come on, come on. We made a deal.
I know but this is extremely crazy.
Apollo Yeah, it's mentally irregular, right? But it makes all the sense in the world. Now you owe me a favor.
I know but when did you think of this?
Apollo About three years ago.
This is very crazy, Apollo.
Apollo Look Stallion, when you won that last fight, you won by one second. You beat me by one second. That's very hard for a man of my intelligence to handle.
But didn't you say after I beat you, you learned how to live with it?
Apollo I lied.
Oh, you lied! So now you just gotta prove it to yourself right?
Apollo Just myself. No TV, no newspapers, just you and me.
Nothing, just you and me. Age before beauty?
Apollo Anything you say, Stallion.
I do all the work. Okay. I'll tell you, Apollo, you'd better go slow cause you ain't as young as springtime no more.
Apollo I'm still young enough to whip your butt Stallion.
Oh yeah? How are you going to do that? You taught me everything you know.
Apollo Almost everything. You got to remember now, you fight great, but I'm a great fighter. You ready?
Apollo You know, Stallion? It's too bad we gotta get old.
Just keep punching Apollo. Wanna ring the bell?
Apollo All right. Ding, ding. [they start circling] Come on Stallion. Come on. Come on.
Boy, you really move good for an older guy.
Apollo You're looking good, Stallion. I taught you well.
I think you taught me too good. You can fly.
Apollo Look out now. No no you don't want any of this. Come on. Come on.
Maybe I'm in here with the wrong guy.
Apollo Watch yourself. You ready? [both throw hooks at each other]
