Rocky (1976) · 55 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Rocky (1976): in 10 of its 55 quotes
Most scenes with: Rocky Balboa (5)
You'll be able to spit nails, kid. Like the guy says, you're gonna eat lightning and you're
gonna crap thunder. You're gonna become a very dangerous person.
Mickey Goldmill You got heart, but you fight like a god-damn ape. The only thing special about you is ya never
got your nose busted - well, leave it that way, nice and pretty, and what's left of your
mind...Hey kid, did ya ever think about retirin'?...You think about it.
Mickey Goldmill You lay off that pet shop dame. Women weaken legs.
Mickey Goldmill Go for the ribs, don't let that bastard
breathe!
Mickey Goldmill Down! Down! Stay Down!
Mickey Dipper's a contender. He's a climber. You know what you are?
What?
Mickey A tomato.
A tomato?
Mickey Yeah, let's face it. I run a business here, not a god-damn soup kitchen.
Mickey You wanna know?
I wanna know!
Mickey Because you had the talent to become a good fighter, and instead of that you
became a leg-breaker for some cheap, second-rate loan shark.
It's a living.
Mickey It's a waste of life!
Mickey I'm here to warn ya, that ya gotta be very careful about this shot that you got
at the title. Because, like the Bible sez, you ain't gonna get a second chance...Well, what ya
need is a manager. A manager, listen to me. I know, because I've been in this racket for fifty
years...I've seen it all, all of it. Ya know what I've done?...I have done it all...[He holds a
bare lightbulb in front of his face] I've got twenty-one stitches over this left eye. I've got
thirty-four stitches over this eye. Do ya know that I had my nose busted seventeen times?...[He
glances at Rocky's poster of Rocky Marciano] Ya kinda remind me of the Rock, ya know
that?...Ya move like him, ya got heart like he did...I got all this knowledge, I got it up here
now, I wanna give it to you...I wanna take care of ya, I wanna make sure that all this shit that
happened to me doesn't happen to you...Ya can't buy what I'm gonna give ya.
I needed your help about ten years ago, right? Ten years ago, ya never helped me
none. You didn't care...I asked, but you never heard nothin'...What about my prime, Mick? At least
you had a prime! I had no prime, I've had nothin'....And you wanna be ringside and see it, do ya?
Ya wanna help me out?...Go on, fight the champ. Yeah, I'll fight 'im - I'll get my face kicked
in.
Mickey Your nose is broken.
How does it look?
Mickey Ah, it's an improvement.
Mickey I'm here to warn ya, that ya gotta be very careful about this shot that you got at the title. Because, like the Bible sez, you ain't gonna get a second chance...Well, what ya need is a manager. A manager, listen to me. I know, because I've been in this racket for 50 years...I've seen it all, all of it. Ya know what I've done? I have done it all. [He holds a bare lightbulb in front of his face] I've got 21 stitches over this left eye. I've got 34 stitches over this eye. Do ya know that I had my nose busted 17 times? [He glances at Rocky's poster of Rocky Marciano] Ya kinda remind me of the Rock, ya know that? Ya move like him, ya got heart like he did...I got all this knowledge, I got it up here now, I wanna give it to you...I wanna take care of ya, I wanna make sure that all this shit that happened to me doesn't happen to you...Ya can't buy what I'm gonna give ya. I've got pain and I've got experience.
Well, I've got pain, and I've got experience too.
Mickey Listen, kid.
Hey, Mick.
Mickey What?
I needed your help about ten years ago, right? Ten years ago?
Mickey Right.
Ten years ago, ya never helped me none. You didn't care.
Mickey Well, if you wanted help... I say, if you wanted help, why didn't you ask? Why didn't you just ask me, kid?
Look, I asked, but you never heard nothin'
Mickey Well, I, uh, I know I, I'm 76 years old...and uh well, where the hell is... [walks out because Rocky wouldn't even entertain him]
Took you long enough to get here. Took you ten years to come to my house. Huh, what's the matter? You don't like my house? Does my house stink? That's right it stinks! I didn't ask no favours from you! Don't slum around me! Talking about your prime. What about my prime Mick!? Least you had a prime! I didn't have no prime, I didn't have nothin'. Leg's are goin', everythin's goin'. Nobody's gettin' no nothin'. Guy comes up, offers me a fight. Big deal, you wanna fight the fight? Yeah I'll fight the big fight. I'm gonna go and fight that big fight and you know what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna get that! [punches mattress] I'm gonna get that! [punches mattress] And you wanna be ringside and see it? Do ya? You wanna help me out? Huh!? Do you wanna see me get my face kicked in!? Leg's ain't workin'. Nothin's workin'. They go "Go on fight the champ". Yeah I'll fight him. Get my face kicked in. And you come around here, you wanna move in here with me? Come on in it's a nice house! Real nice! Come on in and move! It stinks! This whole place stinks! You wanna help me out? Well help me out! Come on help me out, I'm standing here!
