A scene from Rocky IV 1985
Adrian

Rocky?

Rocky

Yeah?

Adrian

You alright?

Rocky

Yeah I'm fine.

Adrian

Why'd you do it?

Rocky

I just gotta do what I gotta do.

Adrian

You don't have to do anything

Rocky

No, Adrian, I do and I gotta leave this place too.

Adrian

So where are you going?

Rocky

They said they're gonna let me train in Russia and I just want to be somewhere where I ain't gonna think about nothing except him.

Adrian

Rocky, give it some time. Don't do this. A lot of people live with hurt.

Rocky

A lot of people don't have a choice, Adrian, I do.

Adrian

And for that you're willing to lose everything?

Rocky

Adrian this isn't everything. The house, the cars and all the stuff we got. That ain't everything. There's a lot more than this, Adrian.

Adrian

Before there were reasons to fight I could understand. But I don't understand this. Even if you win, what have you won? Apollo's still gone. Why can't you change your thinking? Everybody else does.

Rocky

Cause I'm a fighter! That's how I'm made, Adrian. That's what you married. We can't change what we are.

Adrian

[Softly]

Yes you can.

Rocky

We can't change anything, Adrian. All we can do is just go with what we are.

Adrian

You can't go with what you are. You've read the papers, it's suicide! You've seen him. You know how strong he is! YOU CAN'T WIN!

Rocky

Oh, Adrian. Adrian always tells the truth. No maybe I can't win. Maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he's got. But to beat me he's gonna have to kill me, and to kill me he's gotta have the guts to stand in front of me, and to do that he's gotta be willin to die himself. I don't know if he's ready to do that. I don't know. I don't know.

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