and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone
. It tells the rags to riches
American Dream
story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted debt collector for a loan shark
in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. Rocky starts out as a club fighter who later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship.
[to his pet turtles] If you guys could sing or dance, I wouldn't be doin' this, you know?
[to a laborer who owes money] You wanna dance, you gotta pay the band, you understand? If you wanna borrow, you gotta pay the man. Hey, I ain't emotionally involved, Bob, ya understand? Gimmme some money. C'mon.... gimmme some money.
Lockers are bad anyway after a while, people get the combination. I must have had twenty bucks taken out of there in the past six years, ya know. Don't sound like much, but it adds up, ya know. Doesn't matter, who cares?
Yo, Adrian, it's me, Rocky... I don't know what to say, 'cause I ain't never talked to no door before, ya know... Yo, Adrian, you know, it's Rocky again, you know. Listen, uh, I know you ain't too happy at this moment, ya know. But could ya do me a favor, ya know, I ain't got nobody to spend Thanksgiving with, ya know? So, uh, how about maybe you and I, I mean, we'll go out together and get somethin' to eat, I don't know, maybe laugh a little bit, who knows, ya know?
[to Adrian] I wanna kiss ya. You don't have to kiss me back if ya don't wanna. I wanna kiss you.
Well, ya see, sir I understand you're lookin' for sparrin' partners for Apollo, and I jus' want ta let ya know that I am very available.
I just want to say hi to my girlfriend, OK? Yo, Adrian! It's me, Rocky.
[to Paulie] If you can make money off my name, make it, OK?
[upon seeing Apollo Creed] He looks like a big flag.