![]() It is up to you to set your own goals and define your own success. 15-0, or whatever the score would have been, didn't matter. 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 wasn’t just another bum from the neighborhood.”įor his fight against the World Champion, all Rocky wanted to do is last. “Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. You may not be a pro athlete or achieve fame or whatever it is you wanted to be when you were younger – but you can be the best at what you do. Rocky may not have been brought into the world to be a boxer but he found something he was good at and something he loved. Knowingthat you can win is a whole other animal. Thinking you might be able to win is one thing. If you go into a situation expecting to lose – chances are you will lose. “You know a lot of people come to Vegas to lose – I didn’t”Īttitude is everything. Because when you think you’re defeated, they can show you that you’re not. So we need others, that outside perspective to calm and simplify. Sometimes when we’re down of behind or facing an insurmountable task, we can make things more complicated than we need to. He’s unaware of the simple solution until Paulie tells him which of the three to hit. But he kept moving forward.Īlready reeling after the first round of his fight against the much stronger Ivan Drago – Rocky eyes start to play tricks on him. When you count it all up, with Rocky’s fighting style (or lack thereof) he took far more punches than he threw. Those who make it are the ones who can take the punches, take the rejections, take the doubts and keep trying, regardless. Those who make excuses are cast aside by their own attitudes. Having said that – even if the movie was lousy it would have been worth the price of admission alone for this speech.Įveryone faces adversity – no one is handed anything in this world. Following the law of diminishing returns of Rocky V expectations should have been. The sixth movie in the series: Rocky Balboa is way better than it deserves to be. “Life ain’t about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can GET hit and keep moving forward” If he can turn the Russians during the height of the Cold War then he has the ability to inspire anyone, just see for yourself. The guy went into hostile Soviet Russia and left with the fans chanting his name. But how many movie characters have their own statue? The movies run the Gamut from instant classics, best picture winners, bombs and back again. There is something about the Rocky franchise. I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.Findlay’s Snark: How can you ignore the best sports movie of all the Slap Shot! I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind and furious optimismĮvery champion was once a contender that refused to give up. I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat. You gotta think like you think.Įvery time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back. I stopped thinking the way other people think a long time ago. Once in one’s life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality if not, one has not lived. If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated. Going on one more round, when you don’t think you can that’s what makes all the difference in your life. Success is usually the culmination of controlling failures. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful. It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. Remember the mind is your best muscle… Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains…. If I wasn’t afraid at times, I wouldn’t work as hard. The fear is the fuel that we use for overachievement. Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.Ĭonsider the source…Don’t be a fool by listening to a fool. ![]() You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. ![]() ![]() Here are 17 Sylvester Stallone quotes to inspire you to stay strong. ![]()
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