I just wanted the singular feeling of stretching out that unquenchable part of who I am: a writer. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. Let me tell you something you already know. I went to bed marveling at the unquenchable spirit of Rocky Balboa and woke up to a sunny Sunday morning and the mood to write. This whole monologue from Rocky Balboa has become a mantra for pretty much everyone, not just boxers. This speech was exactly what I needed to hear and I gratefully let myself be yanked up by the bootstraps.
#Scene from rocky balboa speech movie
When the movie started, I was feeling like a creative scumbag. This conflict felt intensely close to home for me, albeit internalized.Īfter experiencing several creative breakthroughs the day before, in a subconscious “payback” (for I don’t know what) I’d crashed down from my state of bliss. Rockys speech to the Russian crowd after they turned on Drago and started to root for the foreigner Balboa is classic.
He may be just a dumb boxer who can barely speak, but he has finally recontacted that wild creature deep inside - the one that just wants to be who he is.Īnd he’s not going to let anybody - not even his own son - tell him to stuff that creature back into mothballs. The bigness of spirit with which Sylvester Stallone delivered these lines is undeniable. Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth.” Rocky was looking into my soulĪlthough the moviegoer part of me was busy congratulating Rocky on delivering the rebuke, another part of me experienced it on a very personal basis - as if *I* were the target for this lesson in guts and perseverance. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. it ain’t about how hard you hit it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. THE PREMIERE OF ‘ROCKY BALBOA’ The premiere of Rocky Balboa on Decemwas like a big reunion of the Rocky cast. But when his son tries to snuff out his dream of fighting again, the worm turns and Rocky delivers a blistering speech: Up to this point, Rocky has been treading gingerly with his son, hoping to rekindle their former closeness.
In a tense street scene outside of Rocky’s “famous retired boxer” restaurant, Robert Balboa tries to discourage his aging father from resurrecting his boxing career - because of the embarrassing publicity this will invite.
Rocky Balboa’s son is unhappy about living in his father’s shadow. Image courtesy Gage Skidmore on Wikimedia Commons
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