Rocky is one of the most remarkable and motivational films ever made, lead by the relentless Rocky Balboa. He became an icon in the personal development space through his incredible acting in the film where he actually wrote the script himself.
The movie has that iconic scene where Sylvester Stallone motivates his son in the evening, yet there are many other sayings and moments of motivation. Here are some of the best quotes from Rocky:
1. It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!
2. If this is something you wanna do, and if this is something you gotta do, then you do it. Fighters fight.
3. Going in one more round when you don’t think you can. That’s what makes all the difference in your life.
4. You’re gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you’ve ever dreamed. But when it’s over, I know you’ll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. Do it.
5. Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!
6. You, me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.
7. I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
8. Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.
9. It’s your right to listen to your gut, it ain’t nobody’s right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do.
10. Nobody owes nobody nothing.
11. I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world. But I succeed because I keep going and going and going.
12. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.
13. Nothing is real if you don’t believe in who you are.
14. How did everything that was so good get so bad?
15. Remember, the mind is your best muscle. Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains.
16. One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time.
17. Maybe it’s you who ain’t got it no more.
18. I stopped thinking the way other people think a long time ago. You gotta think like you think.
19. I'm always gonna love you, no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life.”
20. You can’t learn when you’re talking. That’s a fact of life. As long as you’re talking, you’re not listening.
21. You see this guy staring back at you? That’s your toughest opponent. I believe that’s true in the ring and I think that’s true in life.
22. I wrecked everything by not thinking for myself.
23. Time takes everybody out. Time is undefeated.
24. Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
25. All I wanna do is go the distance.
26. Somewhere along the line you changed, you stopped being you.
27. Every once in a while a person comes along who defies the odds, who defies logic, and fulfills an incredible dream.
28. Because if you’re willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who’s got the right to stop you?
29. You know they always say, if you live in one place long enough, you are that place.
30. The older I get the more things I gotta leave behind – that’s life.
31. People do because they want to do.
32. There’s a beast inside me.
33. If I can change and you can change, everybody can change.
34. I’m pursuing something and nobody looks too happy about it.
35. C’mon, champ, hit me in the face! My mom hits harder than you!
36. When things got hard you started looking for something to blame, like a shadow.
37. No, maybe I can’t win, maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he’s got. But to beat me, he’s gonna have to kill me, and to kill me, he’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me, and to do that, he’s gotta be willing to die himself and I don’t know if he’s ready to do that. I don’t know, I don’t know.
38. Bring back everything that’s ever hurt you, all the pain you had inside. They don’t know what we’ve been through. You belong here!
39. Everything I got has moved on and I’m here.
40. That’s the way I’m made.
41. If you’re willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who’s got the right to stop you?