Unleashing Strength: A Collection of Inspiring Rocky Quotes

"Life ain’t about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can GET hit and keep moving forward."

- Rocky Balboa

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it."

- Sylvester Stallone

"If I can change and you can change, everybody can change."

- Rocky Balboa

"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!"

- Rocky Balboa

"Nobody owes nobody nothing."

- Rocky Balboa

"To beat me, he’s going to have to kill me. He’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me and to do that, he’s got to be willing to die himself."

- Rocky Balboa

"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!"

- Rocky Balboa

"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. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t 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."

- Rocky Balboa

"Remember, the mind is your best muscle. Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains."

- Rocky Balboa

"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? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something… and you’re told no, even after you paid your dues? Who’s got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! 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!"

- Rocky Balboa

"If this is something you wanna do, and if this is something you gotta do, then you do it. Fighters fight."

- Sylvester Stallone

"Going in one more round when you don't think you can, that's what makes all the difference in your life."

- Sylvester Stallone

"It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

- Sylvester Stallone

"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."

- Rocky Balboa

"If I Can Change, You can Change………………..EVERYBODY CAN CHANGEEEE!!!!"

- Rocky Balboa

"Going in one more round when you don’t think you can. That’s what makes all the difference in your life."

- Rocky Balboa

"I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going, and going, and going!"

- Sylvester Stallone

"Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure."

- Sylvester Stallone

"But until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life."

- Sylvester Stallone

"You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya 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!"

- Sylvester Stallone

"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."

- Rocky Balboa

"Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward."

- Sylvester Stallone

"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."

- Sylvester Stallone

"All I wanna do is go the distance."

- Rocky Balboa

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."

- Maya Angelou

"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."

- Sylvester Stallone

"You see, fear is a fighter’s best friend. You know, but it ain’t nothing to be ashamed of. See, fear keeps you sharp, it keeps you awake, you know, it makes you want to survive."

- Sylvester Stallone

"Time takes everybody out. Time is undefeated."

- Rocky Balboa

"Cause all I wanna do is go the distance."

- Sylvester Stallone

"Nobody owes nobody nothin'. You owe yourself."

- Sylvester Stallone

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."

- Randy Pausch

"See this guy here? That’s the toughest opponent you’re ever going to have to face."

- Sylvester Stallone

"I stopped thinking the way other people think a long time ago. You gotta think like you think."

- Sylvester Stallone

"Because I can’t sing and dance."

- Rocky Balboa

"Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up."

"All we can do is just go with what we are."