Rocky Respect and Reputation Quotes

Even loan sharks are concerned about their reputation. Both sharks and boxers want to have similar reputations. They want people to shake in their shorts at the sound of their name.

Rocky thinks he deserves better treatment because of the amount of time he has put into training. But Mickey is a quality over quantity guy, and Rocky doesn't get his quality seal of approval.

Mickey has a lot of guts for saying this to Rocky's face, because Rocky is a big guy who could go attack of the killer tomatoes on the old man. But Rocky knows it's true, and it hurts.