Rocky Balboa speech hits harder with age

    by Professional Portal ☀️: Sylvester Stallone

    Rocky Balboa's words to his son in the 2006 film hit differently as you accumulate years. He tells him that setbacks are universal, that life deals out unfairness and pain. But the essential point is that you hold the power to decide: stay down or get back up and continue the fight. That choice never leaves you.

    Transcript (en)

    You used to fit right here. I'd hold you up and say to your mother, this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody ever knew. And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching. 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 stopped being you. 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. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward how much you can take they keep moving forward That's how winning is done Now if you know what you're worth the glory get what you're worth But you got to be willing to take the hits and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you want to be because of him or her or anybody Cowards do that and that ain't you you're better than that