Rocky III (1982) · 14 quotes
Mickey
Let's get outta here.
Aw, c'mon, Mick. It's for charity.
Mickey
You're wearin' your anatomy out for charity. Nobody else does this much for charity.
Bob Hope would.
Mickey
That's true.
Rocky, you better call Bob Hope.
Gettin' out while you can?! Don't give this sucker no statue. Give him guts! I told you I wasn't goin' away. You got your shot. Now, give me mine.
Mickey
Why don't you get the hell outta there?
Shut up, old man! I ain't goin' nowhere. And why don't you tell all these nice folks why you been duckin' me? Politics, man! This country wants to keep me down. Keep everybody weak. They don't want a man like me to have the title, because I'm not a puppet like that fool up there.
You know, you've got a big mouth. Y'know?
Why don't you come down here and close it, Balboa? C'mon! C'mon!
Anytime.
Mickey
This guy's crazy. Don't listen to him.
The little man don't wanna come to me, then I'll come to you people and lay out the truth. I am ranked #1. 1! That means I'm the best. But this bum been takin' the easy matches. Fightin' other bums. I'm telling you and everybody here. I'll fight him anywhere, anytime, for nothin'! [crowd shouts] But you people ain't never gonna see that happen, because he's gonna retire. You see, he don't fight no real man. He fight them setups.
What?
Mickey
You're a disgrace to this sport!
Shut up, old man! You and that chump don't know what I had to come from! Balboa, your family doin' real nice, ain't it? You call yourself a fighter? Prove it now. Gimme that same chance! The way you been duckin' is a disgrace. If he ain't no coward, why don't he fight me, then?
I can't listen to anymore of this. Hey, anytime you--
Mickey
I don't care what you're ranked! You don't get no shot and I mean that!
I'm glad you people are seein' this here.
What are you doin'? I wanna fight this guy.
Mickey
Well, you got him. But you'll fight him without me.
What are you saying?
Mickey
It's finished. Yes. I'm finished. I don't want no more of this. I don't want no more of it! You understand? None of it! It's over with! [exits through the crowd]
Judge me by my fight record. [to Adrian] Hey, woman! Hey, woman! Listen here. Since your ol' man here ain't got no heart, maybe you like to see a real man. I bet you stay up late at night dreamin' you had a real man, don't ya? I tell you what? Bring your pretty, little self over to my apartment tonight, and I'll show you a real man.
YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT!
Why did you leave? Why did you walk away like that?
Mickey
Life's too short, kid.
Where are you goin'?
Mickey
I'm goin' on a permanent vacation, that's where.
What are you talkin' 'bout? We got one more fight.
Mickey
No, no. Not we, you.
Why you doin' this? [Mickey doesn't answer, Rocky slams the suitcase shut] I said why you doin' this?!
Mickey
Because you can't win, Rock! This guy'll kill ya to death inside of 3 rounds!
You're crazy.
Mickey
What else is new?
He's just another fighter.
Mickey
No, he ain't just another fighter. This guy is a wreckin' machine, and he's hungry! Hell, you ain't been hungry since you won that belt!
What are you talkin' about? I've had 10 title defenses.
Mickey
That was easy!
What do you mean easy?
Mickey
They was hand-picked!
Setups?
Mickey
No, they weren't setups. They was good fighters, but they wasn't killers like this guy. He'll knock ya into tomorrow, Rock!
Jeez, Mick, why'd you do it?
Mickey
'Cause the beating that you got from Apollo should have killed you, kid. It didn't. It was my job to keep ya winnin' and to keep ya healthy.
You really don't think I got nothin' left, do you?
Mickey
Well, Rock, let's put it this way. Three years ago, you were supernatural. You was hard and nasty. You had this cast iron jaw. But then, the worst thing happened to you that could happen to any fighter. You got civilized. Don't worry, kid. You know, presidents retire, generals retire, horses retire, Man o War retired. They put him out to stud. That's what you should've done, retire.
I can't retire knowing all this, Mick.
Mickey
Don't push it.
You've been carrying me.
Mickey
We don't need it.
You've been carrying me, though.
Mickey
I haven't been carryin' ya, I've been protecting you.
Look, I want this fight. Just one more.
Mickey
We don't need it.
I'll live in the gym.
Mickey
We don't need it.
Mick, I do. I'm askin' you to train me one last time.
Mickey
No, I can't.
If you don't, I'm gonna tell everybody you ain't bought a new pair of underwear in 10 years.
Mickey
You would, wouldn't you?
Yeah. Absolutely.
Mickey
No.
C'mon. One more time, then it's over. Deal? Come on, come on.
Mickey
It's your head kid. It's your head.
Yeah, it is. Thanks, Mick.
Mick?
Mickey
What? Is it over?
Yeah, yeah it's all over.
Mickey
Hey, what happened?
It was a knockout.
Mickey
What round? What round?
Second round.
Mickey
I knew it. That's good. We did it, huh?
We did it. We did it. You don't have to worry about nothing no more. Everything's going to be okay Mick.
Mickey
Yeah we did it.
You gotta get to the hospital, Mick. You're not as young as you used to be.
Mickey
You're the winner. We did everything right. I did everything right.
No, no, listen to me. You done everything right. Listen, we got more to do. Mick, whatever you want to do, we'll do it. Okay?
Mickey
I love you, kid. I love you. [gasps harder] Your instinct... [stops breathing]
Mick? MICK! [sobs] M...Mick? It isn't...Speak to me! [breaks down]
