Apollo Creed Movie Quotes & Lines – 35 Classics (+ Audio)

Explore the most memorable lines delivered by Apollo Creed, the fictional boxing legend played by Carl Weathers in the Rocky series, featuring short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 All right, it's time to go to school, son.

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

2 You've got to remember now, you fight great, but I'm a great fighter.

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

3 See, we're born with a killer instinct that you can't just turn off and on like some radio.

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

4 We have to be right in the middle of the action 'cause we're the warriors.

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

5 Well, you know, some folks got to learn the hard way!

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

6 The man's tongue didn't come through customs.

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

7 Well, I been with the best, and I've beat the best. I've retired more men than Social Security!

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

8 You put that heavy bag with eyeballs in the ring with me, and you're gonna see the meaning of pain.

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

9 I'm here to fight. Promise me you're not gonna stop this fight.

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)

10 Ain't it something, Stallion? It's crazy how people, they just care about you when you're in that ring and they care about you when you're bleeding, but once you step out of that ring, Stallion, it's like you're ancient history.

Carl Weathers in Rocky IV (1985)