Balboa Quotes

I think the people who have been so supportive and loyal will be happy with the final chapter in Rocky Balboa`s life because I think we bring the character to a final and noble conclusion.

(on Rocky Balboa (2006)) I knew I would go through the embarrassment of hearing all the jokes about me. My wife begged me not to do it, and that`s why I wrote a line . . . that I`d rather do something I love badly than to feel bad about not doing something I love.

(on Rocky Balboa (2006) and Rambo (2008)) Maybe these movies wouldn`t have been as interesting five years ago, but look what`s happened in the world in that time. It`s a whole different climate, now.

People accept Rocky Balboa as authentic. I can`t tell you how many people have come up to me and asked about my boxing career. It`s like they really want to believe that Rocky exists. You know, I`m amazed by all of this. At one time I thought people would get over their fascination with the character and move on. Didn`t happen. After 30 years, Rocky has taken hold to a degree I never could have imagined.

Every summer, my grandparents would rent a house on Balboa Island. They had the house next to Bob Hope`s. I`ve been going down there all my life, to that whole area.

We are a Rocky Balboa-type team, but it`s good to get a young Mike Tyson-type win and knock someone out.

The emotions are just going crazy around here. We get into those ugly, Rocky Balboa-type fights. We just keep banging, scratching and find a way to just pull this thing out. It`s not always pretty, but a win is a win.