Rocky V Page #5

- I'm sorry. But what do you think?

- What do I think? I don't think you listen.

But you - you brawl

like you was a street fighter.

I know somethin' about that,

but this is boxing. It ain't mugging!

- I'm sorry, but I know I can do it all.

- Yeah? Well, not on this date, OK?

- That's it?

- I gotta work with these kids here.

How about you tryin' to manage me?

- Manage?!

- Yeah.

Unless you think I ain't got nothin' goin'.

Nothin' goin'?

Yeah, all right, you got a lot goin'. You got

a lot of tools. But I ain't no manager.

The gentleman that owned this place -

that was a manager.

But me, I was always the managed... guy.

Hey, look. Good luck, all right?

All right, guys. Let's go.

Come on. Move around.

That's it. Nice.

All right, you guys, come on.

No cheap shots. Move it around.

How you doin'?

Cold? You look cold.

I guess that has something

to do with the weather.

Here. Take my coat.

No, thanks. Where's your boyfriend?

Him? Forget it. He ain't got no manners.

I'm Jewel, if you wanna know.

I'm Robert.

Hi.

Well, I been living here about

six years now. It ain't Disneyland!

- You been to Disneyland?

- Sure.

You make it sound like everybody has.

I know you can't tell by the way I look,

but I ain't like the other kids around here.

Why?

I mean, what makes you so different?

I don't know. I guess it's cos

I wanna get out. You know how it is.

Hmm. You know, for an Italian kid...

...you ain't got a bad butt.

- First money I get, I'm goin' to Miami.

- Why Miami?

- Miami needs new gigolos.

- Yeah, I read somethin' like that.

Ow!

My back is getting bad.

How come you don't have arthritis?

- Ain't I got enough?

- (man calls out greeting)

Adrian's too good for this.

This place really depresses me, Paul.

Rock! Come in. Everybody's been

askin' for ya. You too, Paulie.

- No, thanks. I'm a little beat.

- Hey, I'm a little thirsty.

- You go if you wanna.

- Mr Balboa?

- Look at this. Tommy Gunn.

- Why are you still hanging around?

- Is there somethin' I can do for you?

- Yeah. I'd like to try again.

Kid, I'd like to help, but I really

don't know nothin' about managing.

Man, all I'm askin' for is a chance.

If I screw up, then hell, I'll leave.

- What have you got to lose?

- Me? Nothin'. It's what you got to lose.

- I got nothin' to lose.

- Maybe you do.

What if I don't do good, right?

And you don't make it?

I don't want you blaming me

for this, kid, you know?

Here's what I would do if I was you.

Listen to me. If I was you...

...I would go home and talk to your family

people. Come up with somethin' better.

I got no family people.

All I got is what you see here.

I know all about you, back from

your first fight with Apollo Creed.

I read how nobody cared about you

or gave you a chance.

I'm not from the same streets as you,

but I'm hungry, like you were.

Ever since I put on gloves

I've wanted to meet you.

Cos I knew that if anybody could

make me a winner, it was you.

Hey, Paulie,

you see a winner standing here?

Yes! Man, you beat the best.

Nobody could ever say different.

Look, Rocky, you don't know me,

but anything you want me to do, I'll do.

And if I can't, I'll bust my butt tryin'.

I'm not hustlin' you, man. All I'm askin'

for is a chance. I mean, just one shot.

Are you hungry?

Yeah.

Yeah? Come on.

You're really gonna like

the way Adrian cooks.

She does amazing things with macaroni,

especially tomatoes.

But I gotta warn you,

she can be a little vicious with the garlic!

- So why'd this kid smack your face?

- It really doesn't matter, Dad.

- It does matter. They took his coat.

- I don't want the coat.

They took the one with the collar?

- I'll go to your school and...

- You'll make it worse!

- Can't I do what I think is right?

- What do you think is right?

- A baseball bat across the face.

- Paulie!

- Adrian, can I have the plate?

- Yes, Rocky.

I had trouble like that

when I was in school.

Every day I got chased by this kid,

till one day my mother said to me:

- "Pretend the guy's like a balloon."

- Balloon?

She said if you pop 'em hard,

these guys just go away.

Tommy, we're trying to raise our son

so he can handle his problems...

...with his mind, not his muscles.

- Sorry.

- That's why I'll get mangled.

- You ain't gonna get mangled.

- Dad, will you teach me how to fight?

A baseball bat would be nice.

Do you wanna grow up

and just use your fists?

Adrian, I don't think it'd be so bad...

...if I taught him how to throw a few...

deadly punches.

Tommy, did your dad teach you to fight?

- No, not exactly. I had to...

- Sweetheart, don't get personal.

No, it's OK. You see, my old man,

he used to drink a lot. Seriously.

He'd go out with his friends, then

he'd come home, look to punch on me.

He'd punch on my mother too.

He did that a lot of times.

So growin' up,

I only thought about fightin' my father.

You know, when I was 13,

I got in trouble at school.

He tied me down and whipped me

so bad I couldn't walk for a week.

I couldn't do anything.

The first guy I ever knocked out was my

father. In the ring, it's like all I see is him.

That's... kinda sick, huh?

Yo, Tommy, at least you had

an old man to knock out, you know?

Yeah.

- I didn't even have that.

- Some day you can punch out your pop.

- Paulie, what you telling him that for?

- It's the fittest of the survival.

- Tommy, where you stayin' tonight?

- Oh, I'll find some place to stay.

No, I tell you what.

We got room down in the basement.

- What about me?

- Your son is sleeping there.

- Well, he can stay with his uncle.

- What am I? A pit stop?!

I don't wanna cause any problems.

I can find a place to stay.

No, it's OK. It's just for...

a little while, you know.

Right? No problem at all. Hey, kid.

I appreciate it. It's cold outside.

- I'm not changin' no sheets.

- Hey, since when have you ever?

Tommy, why don't you come on down?

We'll show you the whole place.

Why don't you go downstairs,

show your father what you did today?

Hey, Junior!

Your plumbing don't leak, do it?

- You know this guy?

- Yeah. He hits hard.

- Adrian can really cook!

- Yeah, she's OK. Listen, Tommy.

We ain't had a chance

to get this place too nice.

We'll get it together in a while, you know?

- Wow! Man, this is what it's about.

- Holy mackerel!

Why do you keep this stuff down here?

When did you get a chance to do this?

He took it all out of a box. It's beautiful.

You painted... When did you get

a chance to do this, kid?

- After school. It's no big deal.

- Where'd you get the glove?

Oh, this? Thanks.

This is one of my favourite objects.

Mickey give me this before he departed.

It was Rocky Marciano's cuff link.

- Really? The real Rocky Marciano?

- You got me thinkin' about Mickey.

I wanna show you somethin'.

He told me a long time ago...

He says that fighting

is like 90% in the skull...

...and 10% in the body.

This is what he says to me.

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