Mickey: You're gonna eat lightnin' and you're gonna crap thunder!
Adrian: It's Thanksgiving. Rocky: Yea, to you it's Thanksgiving; to me it's Thursday.
Adrian: Why do you wanna fight? Rocky: Because I can't sing or dance.
Rocky: I can't do it. Adrian: What? Rocky: I can't beat him. Adrian: Apollo? Rocky: Yeah. I been out there walkin' around, thinkin'. I mean, who am I kiddin'? I ain't even in the guy's league. Adrian: What are we gonna do? Rocky: I don't know. Adrian...
Mickey: Your nose is broken. Rocky: How does it look? Mickey: Ah, it's an improvement.
Apollo Creed: Ain't gonna be no rematch. Rocky: Don't want one.
Paulie: [talking about Adrian] You like her? Rocky: Sure, I like her. Paulie: What's the attraction? Rocky: I dunno... she fills gaps. Paulie: What's 'gaps'? Rocky: I dunno, she's got gaps, I got gaps, together we fill gaps. Paulie: Are you ballin' h...
Adrian: Einstein flunked out of school, twice. Paulie: Is that so? Adrian: Yeah. Beethoven was deaf. Helen Keller was blind. I think Rocky's got a good chance.
Rocky: I just want to say hi to my girlfriend, OK? Yo, Adrian! It's me, Rocky.
Apollo Creed: Apollo Creed vs. the Italian Stallion. Sounds like a damn monster movie.
Apollo Creed: Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.
Rocky: I wanna kiss ya-ya don't have to kiss me back if ya don't feel like it.
Bodyguard: Did ya get the license number? Rocky: Of what? Bodyguard: The truck that run over your face.
Paulie: I want you outta here instamatically.
Rocky: You stop this fight, I'll kill ya'!
Rocky: I been comin' here for six years, and for six years ya been stickin' it to me, an' I wanna know how come! Mickey: Ya don't wanna know! Rocky: I wanna know how come! Mickey: Ya wanna know? Rocky: I WANNA KNOW HOW! Mickey: OK, I'm gonna tell ya!...
[Last lines; Adrian snuck inside the ring] Rocky: Adrian! Adrian! Adrian: Rocky! Rocky: Adrian! Adrian: Rocky! Rocky: Hey, where's your hat? Adrian: I love you! Rocky: I love you. Adrian: [grabs and hugs Rocky] I love you! Rocky: [out of breath] I lo...
Adrian: [just before the big fight] I'll be here waiting for you. Rocky: How 'bout I stay here and you fight?
