Your nose is broken.
How does it look?
Ah, it's an improvement.
Rocky Balboa
Sylvester Stallone · 33 quotes
Mickey Goldmill
Burgess Meredith · 10 quotes
Adrian
Talia Shire · 9 quotes
Apollo Creed
Carl Weathers · 9 quotes
Paulie
Burt Young · 8 quotes
Jergens
Thayer David · 4 quotes
Most scenes together: Rocky Balboa & Adrian (8), Rocky Balboa & Mickey Goldmill (5), Rocky Balboa & Paulie (2)
Rocky quotes
Page 2 of 4I don't want nothin' from you, this ain't no charity case...Get outta my
house...You're no friend no more...Both of ya get out of my house...Now you're a big-shot fighter
on the way up. You don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie. When I go and get your meat
every morning, you forgot that, and then I even give you my sister too.
Only a pig would say that!
I'm a pig? A pig that seen you had the best. [He smashes a serving set on a
side table]...I don't get married because of you. You can't live by yourself. I put you two
together and you - don't you forget it. You owe me! You owe me.
What do I owe you?
You're supposed to be good to me.
I don't owe you nothin'. And you made me feel like a loser. I'm not a
loser.
You're busted - you're not a virgin...Ya let him in your pants. I can't haul
meat no more. [sits, crying]
Absolutely.
What's the story? What's happenin'? Ya really like her?
Sure, I like her.
I don't see it. What's the attraction?
I don't know. Fills gaps, I guess.
What's 'gaps'?
I dunno, gaps. She's got gaps, I got gaps. Together, we fill gaps. I dunno.
You ballin' her?
Hey! Hey, ya don't talk dirty about your sister.
Ya screwin' my sister?
Ya see. That's why I can't connect ya with Gazzo...because you got a big
mouth...You just talk too much.
Reporter Why did you agree to fight a man who has virtually no chance of winning?
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?
Rocky...that's the way guys are. They laugh when ya talk dirty. They think you're cute.
But after awhile, you get a reputation and that's it. You get no respect. Ya understand? Ya get no
respect. I gotta use a bad word - WHORE...You don't really have to be one, you just act like one
and that's it...They don't remember you, they remember the rep...You hang out with nice people,
you get nice friends, ya understand? You hang out with smart people, you get smart friends. You
hang out with yo-yo's, you get yo-yo friends. You see, simple mathematics.
Marie
Screw you, Creepo!
I say you're very shy by nature, ya know?
I suppose.
...Ya know, some people think that bein' shy is a disease, ya know, but it don't
bother me none, ya know.
It don't bother me either.
Then why did I bother bringin' it up, huh? 'Cause I'm dumb, that's why. I think
we make a real sharp couple of coconuts. I'm dumb an' you're shy, whaddya think, huh?
Listen, I don't want no turkey anyway, ya know.
But it was Thanksgiving.
It was what?
It was Thanksgiving.
Yeah, to you, but to me, it's Thursday, right?
My ol' man, he was never too smart. He says to me, 'You weren't born with much
of a brain, ya know, so uh, ya better start using your body, right?' So I become a fighter. Ya
know what I mean. [Adrian chuckles softly] Why are ya laughing?
My mother, she said the opposite thing.
What did she say? What did she say the opposite?
She said, 'You weren't born with much of a body, so ya better develop your
brain.'
The worst thing about fighting is the morning after. The mornin' after a fight,
ya' nothin' but like a large wound, ya know what I mean? Sometimes I got pains all over. I feel
like callin' a taxi to take me from my bed into the bathroom...Ya' hair hurts, ya' eyes hurt, your
face is all busted up, your hands are swollen...Look at this face, sixty-four fights. Look at that
nose. See that nose? That nose ain't never been broken in sixty-four fights. I had guys bustin' on
it. I had guys chewin' on it, twistin' it, punchin' it...Never broke. I'm very proud of that -
that's rare.
Why do you do it if it hurts?
Why ya think?
'Cause - [pause] - you can't sing or dance.
Yeah, somethin' like that.
Whatsa matter? You don't like the room, do ya?
It's fine.
Well, it's only temporary, ya know.
It's not that.
What's the problem? Ya don't like me? Don't like the turtles? What's the
problem?
I don't think I belong here.
It's OK.
I don't belong here.
Well, ya know, it's OK, 'cause you're my guest.
I don't know you well enough. I've never been in a man's apartment alone.
I'm not sure I know you well enough. I don't feel comfortable.
Yo, Adrienne. Ya know, I ain't so comfortable either.
I should go.
Ya gotta be a moron to wanna be a fighter, ya know. I mean, it's a racket where
you're almost guaranteed to end up a bum.
I don't think you're a bum.
But I'm at least half a bum, ya know.
TV reporter Is this a common training method? I mean, do other fighters pound raw
meat?
No, I think I invented it.
[Apollo and his team are brainstorming about his next opponent for the New Year's Day match]
What do you think about Billy Snow?
Fouls.
How 'bout Big Chuck Smith? Yeah.
Duke Nah. He's too old and dull. [points out] Hey, Bobby Judd. He's a good boy.
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?
[shows Jergens somebody in a local fight book]
This is what I'm looking for. 'The Italian Stallion.'
Rocky Balboa? Never heard of him.
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.
Southpaw, nothin'. I'll drop him in three. [visualizes title] "Apollo Creed Meets the Italian Stallion". [laughs]... Sounds like a damn monster movie.
[Rocky is standing alone in the ring at the empty Philadelphia Spectrum, looking at the
poster of himself]
Mr. Jergens, the poster's wrong.
What do ya mean?
Well, I'm wearin' white pants with a red stripe.
It doesn't really matter, does it? I'm sure you're gonna give us a great show.
Try to get some rest, kid.
[as Rocky is punching meat]
You're breakin' the ribs. You do that to Apollo Creed,
they'll put us in jail for murder.