Interviewer: Do you hate Rocky? Clubber Lang: No, I don't hate Balboa. I pity the fool, and I will destroy any man who tries to take what I got!
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I just got one thing to say...to my wife at home: Yo, Adrian! I DID IT!
— Sylvester Stallone, Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, Rocky II
We do not train to be merciful here. Mercy is for the weak. Here, in the streets, in competition: A man confronts you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.
— Robert Mark Kamen, John Kreese, Martin Kove, The Karate Kid
Harry Doyle: One hit, that's all we got, one goddamn hit? Assistant: You can't say 'goddamn' on the air. Harry Doyle: Don't worry, nobody is listening anyway.
Going in one more round when you don't think you can—that's what makes all the difference in your life.
— Sylvester Stallone, Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, Rocky IV
I ain't draft dodging. I ain't burning no flag. I ain't running to Canada. I'm staying right here. You want to send me to jail? Fine, you go right ahead. I've been in jail for 400 years. I could be there for 4 or 5 more, but I ain't going no 10,000 miles to help murder and kill other poor people. If…
— Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth, Michael Mann, Gregory Allen Howard, Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay, Will Smith, Ali
Iris Gaines: You know, I believe we have two lives. Roy Hobbs: How... what do you mean? Iris Gaines: The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.
— Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry, Iris Gaines, Glenn Close, The Natural
I want you guys to take a good look at yourselves and feel proud. We made it here. We're here. What I've learned from you is that really one of the most important things in life is showing up. I'm blown away by your ability to show up through everything that's gone on. The league never wanted you to…
By the time I was ten, playing baseball got to be like eating vegetables or taking out the garbage. So when I was 14, I started to refuse. Could you believe that? An American boy refusing to play catch with his father.
— Phil Alden Robinson, Ray Kinsella, Kevin Costner, Field of Dreams
First, it's a Saturday night thing when you feel cool like a gangster or a rock star—just something to kill the boredom, you know? They call it a chippie, a small habit. It feels so good, you start doing it on Tuesdays... then Thursdays... then it's got you. Every wise-ass punk on the block says it…
— Bryan Goluboff, Jim Carroll, Leonardo Dicaprio, The Basketball Diaries
You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains and you gotta have balls. Now, you got too much of one and not enough of the other.
— Richard Price, Fast Eddie Felson, Paul Newman, The Color of Money
I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.
— Colin Welland, Eric Liddell, Ian Charleson, Chariots of Fire
You know, I got a hunch, fat man. I got a hunch it's me from here on in. One ball, corner pocket. I mean, that ever happen to you? You know, all of a sudden you feel like you can't miss? 'Cause I dreamed about this game, fat man. I dreamed about this game every night on the road. Five ball. You know…
— Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen, Walter Tevis, Eddie Felson, Paul Newman, The Hustler
What is it you said to the kid? It ain't about how hard you're hit, it's about how you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. Get up!
— Sylvester Stallone, Robert "Rocky" Balboa Sr., Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Adrian: Why do you wanna fight? Rocky: Because I can't sing or dance.
— Sylvester Stallone, Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino, Talia Shire, Rocky
That's the movie you wanted to see? There wasn't even any good sex in it. Had to read the whole fuckin' movie. Fuckin' subtitled. Some guy from a road crew recommended it to you, a fuckin' subtitled movie?
— Paul Tamasy, Scott Silver, Charlene Fleming, Amy Adams, The Fighter
When your enemy's making mistakes, don't interrupt him.
— Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Billy Beane, Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
The only place I get hurt is out there. The world don't give a shit about me.
— Robert D. Siegel, Randy "Ram" Robinson, Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Jake La Motta: Did you fuck my wife? Joey LaMotta: What? Jake La Motta: Did you fuck my wife? Joey LaMotta: [pauses] How do you ask me that? I'm your brother and you ask me that? Where do you get your balls big enough to ask me that? Jake La Motta: You're very smart, Joey. You're giving me a lot of…
— Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin, Jake Lamotta, Robert De Niro, Raging Bull