Like most people I know, I was brought up watching the Rocky movies. Although I will not be watching the new Rocky Balboa film, I was curious to see what the plot would be about. I checked out the plot summary on Wikipedia and came across some interesting dialogue from the movie which I thought I would share. Robert (Rocky’s son) is trying to convince Rocky not to participate in the upcoming fight. Rocky responds with the following:
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean, and nasty place an’ no matter how tough you think you are, it’ll always beat you if you let it. 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 and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! If you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits and not pointin’ 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!"
Kind of reminds you of Proverbs (24:16) “For a righteous man can fall seven times and rise, but the wicked shall stumble upon evil” 