Rocky III Page #6

Everything we do

works out the jab. Good.

- Can he swim?

- With a name like Rock?

No time to waste. Let's go!

Another lap. Move it.

- Another lap.

- He ain't no tuna. We belong in the gym.

He's usin' muscles he never knew he had.

Come on, Rock. Stretch now.

Move it, Rock. Move it.

Nobody can change that much.

He's a bruiser. He ain't no boxer.

You keep tellin' him that

and he'll be nothin'.

Another lap. Come on now!

Move it. Move it!

Come on. Move it, Rock.

Come on! Let's go. Let's go.

That's it, stretch it out.

That's it. You gotta pull. Hard, now. Hard.

(shouting)

(glass breaks)

(police siren)

Shut up, ya Sterno bums! I'll squash ya.

There's decent people tryin' to sleep!

Shut up, you honky scum bastard mother!

Who needs this sick place? I don't.

No class.

Damn, that Clubber's strong.

We gotta put him away early.

I figure with the pace we gotta set, Rock

can last maybe seven or eight rounds.

Then we'll be out of steam, man.

(Apollo) We got to put him away early.

(running water)

(Adrian) At least the water's hot.

Well, we never really had a honeymoon.

It's not so bad.

You've been in worse places.

(Stu) Rocky's in trouble in round two.

He takes a right.

He's been cut! Rocky's been cut!

Come on, Rock. Come on, now.

Let's go. You gotta get tougher.

Think smooth. Bounce. Bounce. Bounce.

On your toes, Rock.

On your toes. On your toes!

Push yourself, Rock! Concentrate.

Let's move it, Rock.

Move it now. Come on!

Have fun with it.

That's it. Easy, easy, easy.

Don't push it. Let it come.

It'll come. It just takes time, baby.

Move your head, move your head.

Up and down.

Come on, come on.

In and out. Inside. Inside. Inside, baby.

- Side to side. Move your head.

- Watch him. He's got two hands, right?

Damn, man! What the hell are you doin'?

This guy will knock you on your ass!

Come on, Rock, it's not a game.

You wanna live in a hospital

for five weeks this time?

- You thought I was tough. He'll kill ya!

- All right.

Come on. Get your head on your

shoulders, man. Think about the fight.

Clubber Lang's in here.

He's tryin' to hurt you, Rock.

Here it comes. Jab! He's jabbin'.

He's tryin' to hurt you.

You gotta fight him. You gotta move.

(Stu) He's up against the ropes.

He can't get out of the corner!

He's hookin'! He's hookin'! He's hookin'!

Damn, Rock! Come on!

- What's the matter with you?

- Tomorrow. We'll do it tomorrow.

There is no tomorrow!

There is no tomorrow!

There is no tomorrow!

There's one thing you gotta remember.

We gotta get some speed.

You gotta get some flexibility. You

gotta get some quickness. Understand?

Quickness, endurance. That's all we

gotta concern ourselves with, Rock.

Mickey never had me do this.

Yeah. OK, here we go.

Ready.

Set... Go!

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

(Mickey) You can't win, Rock.

You ain't been hungry

since you won that belt.

He'll knock ya into tomorrow!

(groans of anguish)

What's the matter?

It's over. It's all over.

What's the matter with you?

Can I talk to you?

I wanna ask you something important,

and I want you to tell me the truth.

- What?

- Why'd you come here?

I just don't want it no more.

- If it's over cos you want it to be, I'm glad.

- I do.

It's just... you've never quit

anything since I've known you.

I don't know what you want me to say.

I mean, what happened?

How did everything

that was so good get so bad?

What's so bad? Tell me. What?

I wrecked everything

by not thinking for myself.

Why couldn't Mickey tell me

where it was really at from the start?

He didn't have to carry me and lie and

make me think I was better than I was.

- He never lied.

- Those fights weren't right.

I never fought anybody in their prime.

There was always some angle to keep

the title longer than I shoulda had it.

Do you understand?

You've gotta understand, he loved you!

That was his job, protecting you.

Protectin' don't help nothin'.

It makes things worse.

You wake up one day thinking you're

a winner, but you're not. You're a loser.

So we wouldn't have had

the title as long. So what?

- At least it would have been real.

- It was real!

Nothing is real

if you don't believe in who you are.

I don't believe in myself no more!

When a fighter don't believe,

he's finished. That's it.

That's not it.

Why don't you tell me the truth?

What are you puttin' me through?

You wanna know the truth?

I don't wanna lose what I got.

At first, I didn't care about what happened.

I'd go in the ring, get bust up.

But now there's you and the kid.

I don't wanna lose what I got!

What do we have that can't be replaced?

What? A house. We got cars, money.

We got everything but the truth.

What's the truth, dammit?!

I'm afraid! All right?

You wanna hear me say it?

You wanna break me down? I'm afraid.

For the first time, I'm afraid.

I'm afraid too.

There's nothin' wrong with that.

- There is. For me, there is.

- Why? You're human.

I don't know what I am. I know I'm a liar,

and because of that, Mickey ain't here.

You didn't push him into anything. He was

a grown man. He did what he had to do.

And you have no right to feel guilty.

You don't!

You were a champion.

You did what you were expected to do.

You did what everybody

thought you should do.

And you wanna tell me that those fights

weren't real? I don't believe it!

It doesn't matter what I believe.

You've got to carry that fear inside you...

...afraid everybody'll take things away,

that you'll be remembered as a coward...

...that you're not a man any more.

Well, none of it's true.

It doesn't matter if I tell you because

you're the one that's got to settle it.

Get rid of it! Cos when the smoke clears,

and they stop chanting your name...

...it's just gonna be us.

And you can't live like this.

We can't live like this.

Cos it's gonna bother you for the rest of

your life. Look what it's doing to you now.

Apollo thinks you can do it. So do I.

But you gotta wanna do it for the right

reasons. Not for the guilt over Mickey.

Not for the people, not for the title,

not for money, or me - but for you.

Just you. Just you alone.

- And if I lose?

- Then you lose.

But at least you lose

with no excuses. No fear.

And I know you could live with that.

How'd you get so tough?

I live with a fighter.

I really love you.

I love you.

(# Rocky theme)

No, no, no. Rock, no.

Just flick it. Just flick it.

Faster! Faster!

Good. Five more laps.

Punch it!

On your toes!

# Gonna fly now

# It's all right now

# Flying high now...

Jab out! Get him!

Gotta move it faster.

Faster! Faster! Kick it!

(Apollo laughs)

Very nice!

Move your head. Beautiful!

That's right. Under! Under and over.

Send him out!

# Feeling strong now

# Nothing wrong now

Faster. Faster. Yeah!

Now! Yeah!

Hey, Rocky the fish!

Yeah! Yeah!

# Gonna fly now

# Nothin' wrong now

# Gonna fly

# Fly, fly

# Fly

Good evening.

I'm Stu Nahan, with Bill Baldwin.

We welcome you

to Madison Square Garden.

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