We have all heard of the phrase “ roll with the punches ”. At the end of the day, reflect on the wins and failures and make the next day even better. Get up every day and work on how YOU can improve and be better. This can be so much of a distraction and a slippery slope. Don't stop being you because somewhere the YOU and your talents will find happiness. I started scrambling and struggled to do my best to make everyone happy. When failure struck I allowed people and the things of this world to beat me. Somewhere along the line in my career and personal life I pushed myself so hard toward success that I forgot how to be me. Here are the 5 Lessons I learned from Rocky's speech on commitment: It's exactly about how you come back, how you deal with failures, because a person who is truly trying to succeed will always have more failures than successes. Everyone loves to win but only winners love the process. It was not just talk but they are putting together action plans so that individuals have the support and mentoring they need in order to be successful.Īs I reflected on the past few weeks I could not help think of the great Rocky Balboa (2006) speech he gave his son. One of the highlights for me was the passion they have to make sure people are growing and being challenged to be the best they can be at their job. It is inspiring to see the leadership’s commitment to ensure that the company is successful in the future. Quote of Note: “Yo, Adrian, I did it!” Rocky, after defeating Apollo Creed for the heavyweight title in Rocky II.The past few weeks I have spent a number of days in intense meetings with a company that I am involved in. Rocky (1976): A heartfelt underdog tale on the screen and off, “Rocky” - written by and starring Stallone - became the first of three sports movies ever to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, upsetting heavyweight contenders “All the President’s Men,” “Network” and “Taxi Driver.” Rocky losing a decision to Apollo in the climactic scene actually is the perfect ending. Creed (2015): Jordan is fantastic as Apollo’s out-of-wedlock boxer son, “The Cosby Show’s” Phylicia Rashad signs on as Creed’s former wife and Adonis’ adoptive mom, and many critics believed Stallone should have copped an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, though he lost to Mark Rylance for “Bridge of Spies.”īotte Blows: 4.4 of 5 Sylvester Stallone in “Creed.” APġ. You know, the usual, but it mostly works.Ģ. Rocky II (1979): Apollo goads Rocky back into the ring after exclaiming “there ain’t gonna be no rematch,” Adrian falls into a coma during childbirth and implores Rocky to “win” when she wakes up and Rocky wins the title. Also featuring a pre-Hulkamania Hulk Hogan as charity-wrestling opponent Thunderlips.ģ. Rocky III (1982): Apollo retires after losing the belt, but comes back to train his former foe after Mickey dies while money-changes-everything Rocky loses the title to stronger, younger and meaner, Clubber Lang (our introduction to Mr. Creed II (2018): The magic and heart of the first “Creed” entry is partly lost in the sequel, especially with the forced premise of Drago, his wife (Brigitte Nielsen) and their son reemerging to fight Apollo’s kid Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Rocky Balboa (2006): This one actually regains some of the franchise’s charm tossed aside in the previous two, particularly Rocky’s relationship with his now-adult son (“This is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia) after the death of his beloved wife, Adrian (Talia Shire).ĥ. Rocky IV (1985): This probably will be an unpopular take, but this movie largely is contrived crap, too, from Apollo Creed’s (Carl Weathers) death, to Rocky single-handedly taking down the Cold War, especially the hard-work-versus-steroids training sequence and the politburo’s standing ovation during his “We all can change” speech after defeating Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) in Russia.Ħ. Rocky V (1990): Pretty sure we all can agree this one was a campy and clumsy mess of the Sylvester Stallone franchise, featuring real-life boxer Tommy Morrison as supposed protégé Tommy “Machine” Gunn and an incredibly non-credible plot of Rocky’s bumbling brother-in-law Paulie (Burt Young) losing the entirety of the family fortune.ħ. Streaming: All eight movies, Amazon Prime.Ĩ. If you’re looking for an eight-part sports movie binge, here you go: The “Rocky” and “Creed” series The movie that will keep you from missing America's pastimeĭuring the coronavirus shutdown, each day we will bring you a recommendation from The Post’s Peter Botte for a sports movie, TV show or book that perhaps was before your time or somehow slipped between the cracks of your viewing/reading history. Tune into Michael Jordan’s Looney basketball adventure Simpson saga with this all-time documentary
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