Rocky (1976) · 55 quotes
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Rocky (1976): in 9 of its 55 quotes
Most scenes with: Jergens (2)
Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget
about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a
stinker.
Apollo Creed This is gonna be the greatest sporting event in the country's history - a gala occurrence with
me beatin' Green like he committed a crime. The Heavyweight Championship of the World is gonna be
held in the only place it can be held, Philadelphia, the nation's cradle on January 1st - the
first major event of our two-hundred year history.
Apollo Creed This is what I'm looking for. 'The Italian Stallion.'...Look, it's the name, man. 'The Italian
Stallion.' The media'll eat it up. Now who discovered America? An Italian, right? What would be
better than to get it on with one of his descendants...Southpaw, nuthin'. I'll drop him in three.
APOLLO CREED MEETS THE ITALIAN STALLION. Sounds like a damn monster movie.
Apollo Creed You'd better stop this fight! You ain't nothin' but a bum!
Apollo A snow-white underdog, and I'm gonna put his face on this poster with me. And I
tell ya why. Because I'm sentimental. And a lot of other people in this country are just as
sentimental, and they're nothin' they'd like better than to see Apollo Creed give a local
Philadelphia boy a shot at the greatest title in the world on this country's biggest birthday. Now
that's the way I see it. And that's the way it's gonna be!
Apollo, I like it. It's very American.
Apollo No, Jergens, it's very smart.
Reporter Why did you agree to fight a man who has virtually no chance of winning?
Apollo Look, if history proves one thing, American history proves that everybody's got
a chance to win. Didn't you guys ever hear of Valley Forge or Bunker Hill?
Apollo Ain't gonna be no rematch.
Don't want one.
Apollo What do you think about Billy Snow?
Fouls.
Apollo How 'bout Big Chuck Smith? Yeah.
Duke Nah. He's too old and dull. [points out] Hey, Bobby Judd. He's a good boy.
Apollo No, I don't feel any heat from that name.
Joe Zach's a good prospect. [approaches Apollo] Exactly what are you looking for, Apollo?
Apollo This is what I'm looking for. 'The Italian Stallion.'
Rocky Balboa? Never heard of him.
Apollo Look, it's the name, man. 'The Italian Stallion.' The media'll eat it up. Now who discovered America? An Italian, right? What would be better than to get it on with one of his descendants?
Duke He's a southpaw. I don't want you messing around with southpaws. They do everything backwards.
Apollo Southpaw, nothin'. I'll drop him in three. [visualizes title] "Apollo Creed Meets the Italian Stallion". [laughs]... Sounds like a damn monster movie.
Duke Hey, Apollo. You better come see this.
Apollo What is it?
Duke This guy, the one you want to fight, he looks serious.
Apollo Yeah, yeah. [not even looking at the TV] I'm serious, too.
