“Hell, you ain’t been hungry since you won that belt!”Īnd that though the fighters Rocky fought during his 10 title defenses weren’t terrible, they “were hand-picked.” The revelation sends Rocky into a funk and presumably affects his training: glitz and glam, but nothing serious enough to prepare for Lang. It wasn’t until after Rocky and company got back to the house that Mickey confessed to Rock’ that although he wasn’t a paper champ, Mickey was avoiding Clubber Lang because Clubber: It was only when Clubber Lang disrupted the ceremony, called Rocky a “paper champion,” and accused Rock’ of ducking him for lesser opponents in order to hold onto the title for a little bit longer that an enraged Rocky accepted the challenge on the spot despite Mickey telling Rocky that Rocky would have to fight Clubber without his help. He had already given everything he had to give to boxing. Rocky had announced his retirement during the statue erection, at the peak of his career. Rocky hadn’t just lost his title and his mentor, he lost himself. Why the Eye of the Tiger Speech was initially effective 1) Rocky’s mindset YouTube Video of Apollo Creed’s “Eye of the Tiger” speech Heh-heh, maybe we could win it back together.Įye of the tiger, man. And now you gotta get it back, and the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning. Now when we fought, you had that eye of the tiger, man, the edge. All right, I know your manager dying had you all messed up inside, but the truth is you didn’t look hungry. You lost that fight for all the wrong reasons. We held the greatest title in the whole world, babe. Make it right for yourself or you’ll be sorry you didn’t. Hell, every fighter knows that hurt, and we get sick inside trying to live with it, so don’t back off now.
Look, man, when you beat me, I hurt all over and I didn’t wanna know from nothin’ or nobody – not even my kids. Rocky, never much for words, asks Apollo why he’s there. The same man who was at ringside serving as a guest commentator when he saw Rocky get clobbered by Clubber Lang, a man Apollo quickly came to despise. The man was Apollo Creed, the same man Rocky beat in the rematch in Rocky II to earn the title. In the next scene we find Rocky in the dark at Mickey’s gym, toiling around in the agony of his own footprints when his cathartic jab at the punching bag is chastised by a sharp-dressed man standing in the shadows. A few minutes before the “Eye of the Tiger,” scene, Rocky had ridden his motorcycle to the steps of the recent-erected Rocky statue and threw his motorcycle helmet at the statue, thereby epitomizing his lack of faith in anything he has earned or accomplished. Rocky was still suffering and in shock from the three rounds in which he lost both his heavyweight title to Clubber Lane and, more importantly, his mentor to a stroke. The scene started presumably either in the late evening or early morning, some time after Rocky, Adrian and Paulie laid Rocky’s trainer, Mickey, to rest at the mausoleum.
Preface: Background Behind Apollo Creed’s “Eye of the Tiger” speech In keeping with the truth behind the quote’s meaning, let’s go back to the beginning.
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