"Yo, Adrian! It's me, Rocky."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Iconic"Yo, Adrian, it's me, Rocky... I don't know what to say, 'cause I ain't never talked to no door before, ya know... Yo, Adrian, you know, it's Rocky again, you know. Listen, uh, I know you ain't too happy at this moment, ya know. But could ya do me a favor, ya know, I ain't got nobody to spend Thanksgiving with, ya know? So, uh, how about maybe you and I, I mean, we'll go out together and get somethin' to eat, I don't know, maybe laugh a little bit, who knows, ya know?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Romance"Listen, I don't want no turkey anyway, ya know."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Thanksgiving"It was what?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"It was Thanksgiving."
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"Yeah, to you. But to me, it's Thursday, right?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Thanksgiving"I wanna kiss ya. You don't have to kiss me back if ya don't wanna. I wanna kiss you."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Romance"I just want to say hi to my girlfriend, OK? Yo, Adrian! It's me, Rocky."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
AFI #80"Adrian! Adrian!"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Finale"Rocky!"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Finale"Hey, where's your hat?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Finale"I love you!"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Finale"I love you."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Finale"I love you. I love you."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Finale"I love you! I love you!"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Finale"I can't do it."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Doubt"What?"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"I can't beat him."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Doubt"Apollo?"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"Yeah. I been out there walkin' around, thinkin'. I mean, who am I kiddin'? I ain't even in the guy's league."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Doubt"What are we gonna do?"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"I don't know."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"You worked so hard."
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Encouragement"Yeah, that don't matter. 'Cause I was nobody before."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Identity"Don't say that."
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Comfort"Ah come on, Adrian, it's true. I was nobody. But that don't matter either, you know? 'Cause I was thinkin', it really don't matter if I lose this fight. It really don't matter if this guy opens my head, either. 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Motivation"Cut me, Mick!"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Fight"You stop this fight, I'll kill ya!"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Fight"He looks like a big flag."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Apollo Creed"If you guys could sing or dance, I wouldn't be doin' this, you know?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Turtles"You wanna dance, you gotta pay the band, you understand? If you wanna borrow, you gotta pay the man. Hey, I ain't emotionally involved, Bob, ya understand? Gimmme some money. C'mon.... gimmme some money."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Collection"Lockers are bad anyway after a while, people get the combination. I must have had twenty bucks taken out of there in the past six years, ya know. Don't sound like much, but it adds up, ya know. Doesn't matter, who cares?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Gym"Well, ya see, sir I understand you're lookin' for sparrin' partners for Apollo, and I jus' want ta let ya know that I am very available."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Offer"If you can make money off my name, make it, OK?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Paulie"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! I'm gonna get that! 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!"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Mickey Confrontation"Hey, yo, Mike, whose lock is this? Whose stuff is this in my locker?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Gym"It's Dipper's stuff. It ain't your locker no more."
— Mike
Rocky (1976)
Gym"Whatta ya talkin' about it ain't my locker no more? It's been my locker for six years. Where's my gear?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Gym"Mickey told me to bag it. Hang it."
— Mike
Rocky (1976)
Gym"You put my stuff on skid row? I been in that locker six years; you put my stuff in a bag on skid row?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Gym"Mickey tells me what to do. I gotta do it, right, Rock?"
— Mike
Rocky (1976)
Gym"Where is he?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Gym"Working with Dipper. He's in a baaad mood."
— Mike
Rocky (1976)
Gym"So am I."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Gym"Hey, how do you spell 'Del Rio'?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Collection"Look it up in a dictionary, Rock!"
— Gazzo
Rocky (1976)
Collection"What's a dictionary? Hey, come on! I won't let it happen no more about the thumb. You know?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Collection"I shouda broke your thumb!"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Collection"So long, meatbag!"
— Buddy
Rocky (1976)
Collection"Screw you, Creepo!"
— Marie
Rocky (1976)
Street"Did ya get the license number?"
— Buddy
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"Of what?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"The truck that run over your face."
— Buddy
Rocky (1976)
Insult"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
Rocky (1976)
Criticism"You lay off that pet shop dame. Women weaken legs."
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Advice"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
Rocky (1976)
Motivation"Go for the ribs, don't let that bastard breathe!"
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Fight"Down! Down! Stay Down!"
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Fight"Knock his block off!"
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Fight"Your nose is broken."
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Fight"How does it look?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Fight"Ah, it's an improvement."
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Fight"Dipper's a contender. He's a climber. You know what you are?"
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Gym"What?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"A tomato."
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Insult"A tomato?"
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"Yeah, let's face it. I run a business here, not a god-damn soup kitchen."
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Gym"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. 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? 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."
— Mickey Goldmill
Rocky (1976)
Plea"Well, I've got pain, and I've got experience too."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Resistance"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
Rocky (1976)
Announcement"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
Rocky (1976)
Advice"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, nothin'. I'll drop him in three. APOLLO CREED MEETS THE ITALIAN STALLION. Sounds like a damn monster movie."
— Apollo Creed
Rocky (1976)
Selection"You'd better stop this fight! You ain't nothin' but a bum!"
— Apollo Creed
Rocky (1976)
Fight"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 Creed
Rocky (1976)
Press"Ain't gonna be no rematch. Ain't gonna be no rematch."
— Apollo Creed
Rocky (1976)
Fight"Don't want one."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Fight"Forget her... You could do better than her... She's a friggin' loser... Sometimes she gets me so crazy, I could split her head with a razor... Adrian ain't sharp. Adrian is a loser... She's pushin' thirty-friggin' years old and if she don't watch out, she's gonna end up dyin' alone... The girl's dryin' up... If she don't start livin', her body's gonna dry up."
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Cruelty"Tell him I'm a good man and nothin' bothers me. I'd make a great collector. Bustin' bones don't bother me."
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Gazzo"I want ya out of here instamatically. I'm sick of seein' ya hang around like a freakin' spider. Go out and live, enjoy life... I want ya outta here. Get outta the house. Get out and enjoy your friggin' life!"
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Adrian"I'd like to kill the freaking guy who broke this mirror."
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Bar"You're breakin' the ribs. You do that to Apollo Creed, they'll put us in jail for murder."
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Meat"I don't want nothin' from you. I don't want nothin' from you. This ain't no charity case. Get outta my house."
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"It's not just your house."
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"You ain't no friend no more. Get outta my house, I just says."
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"Don't talk to him like that."
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"Both of you get out of my house."
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"Yo... It's cold outside, Paulie."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"I don't want you messin' her, and I don't raise you to go with this scum bum! Yeah? Come on! You wanna hit on me? Come on! I'll break both your arms so they don't work for ya!"
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"That's right! I'm not good enough to meet with Gazzo... that's what I think of Gazzo! Now you're a big-shot fighter on your way up, you don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie! When I go out and get your meat every morning! You forgot that! Then I even give you my sister, too!"
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"Only a pig would say that!"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"I'm a pig? A pig gives you the best? You're such a loser! 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!"
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"What do I owe you?"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"You're supposed to be good to me."
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"What do I owe you, Paulie? What do I owe you? I treat you good! I cook for you! I cleaned for you! I pick up your dirty clothes! I take care of ya, Paulie! I don't owe you nothin'! And you made me feel like a loser! I'm not a loser!"
— Adrian
Rocky (1976)
Confrontation"You like her?"
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"Sure, I like her."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"What's the attraction?"
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"I dunno... she fills gaps."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"What's 'gaps'?"
— Paulie
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue"I dunno, she's got gaps, I got gaps, together we fill gaps."
— Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
Dialogue