It was released on Decemby Capitol Records, the same day as the 30th anniversary re-release of the original Rocky soundtrack. You ain't no better than me.Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky is a compilation album of music and short dialogue clips from all six Rocky films, named after the sixth installment, Rocky Balboa.

What are y - What are you doin' pushin' my hand away like that?Īngie, don't be playin' a fool for that guy, all right?Ī fool? I'm the fool? You're the fool, not me! You got it twisted. You think - You think you can buy us a round? Come on, you got the money. What's that, your man or somthin'? No, I don't think so!Īnyway, me and my friends, we're right down there. The only thing I'm asking you guys to leave on the table. You know, the older I get the more things I gotta leave behind, that's life. and you're told no, even after you paid your dues? Who's got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! It's your right to listen to your gut, it ain't nobody's right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do!. I mean you shouldn't be asking people to come down here and pay the freight on something they paid, it still ain't good enough, I mean you think that's right? I mean maybe you're doing your job but why you gotta stop me from doing mine? Cause if you're willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who's got the right to stop you? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something. I appreciate that, but maybe you're looking out for your interests just a little bit more. we're just looking out for your interests. My point is I'm pursuing something and nobody looks too happy about it.īut. Don't it say something about going after what makes you happy?

Rights, like in that official piece of paper they wrote down the street there? What rights do you think you're referring to? But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain't gonna have a life. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that! I'm always gonna love you no matter what. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. How much you can take and keep moving forward. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. 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. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. Let me tell you something you already know. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. But somewhere along the line, you changed. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew.' And you grew up good and wonderful.

I'd hold you up to say to your mother, 'this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. You ain't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here.

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