#Rocky balboa speech to sone movie#

Rocky IV is about facing seemingly impossible challenges with the world watching you - even after suffering a traumatic personal loss.Rocky V is about losing your success because life has a funny way of working that way.Rocky Balboa again, is about facing seemingly impossible challenges, even with the world watching, because that's the way you live.Ĭontinuing your legacy and keeping what's most important in life ahead of you (even if we forget about what's truly important at times) is the greatest success we can have in life.

#Rocky balboa speech to sone movie#

While I love the newest movie in the series, Creed, I want to stop right here.

Because in Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone has one of his most powerful scenes in the entire series. It resonates with me every time I watch it. That Speech About Life, Taking Punches, And Moving Forward. Rocky's son, now a young man in his 20s, is upset with his father for taking an exhibition fight with the reigning champion, Mason Dixon. Rocky's son explains how difficult it is to live in the shadow of someone like his father. That because he shares the same last name, if his father makes a fool of himself, or worse gets hurt, it'll somehow hurt him, his career, and reputation. Rocky is taken aback by this, and his son continues, 'doesn't it bother you that people are making you out to be a joke and that I'll be included in that?' Rocky is disappointed. Then delivers one of the most powerful speeches I've ever heard. 'You ain't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. I’d hold you up to say to your mother, 'This kid’s gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid’s gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew.' And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilege. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you’re no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know.