My father... he's, uh... my old man, he was never too smart. He says to me, 'You weren't born with much of a brain, so you better start using your body,' right? So I become a fighter.
11 seconds sound clip from the Rocky (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:43:41.016 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- But I'm a southpaw, and nobody wants to fight no southpaw, know what mean? Huh?
- You know how I got started in fightin'?
- Huh?
- No.
- Yeah.
- My mother, she said the opposite thing.
- What'd she say? What'd she say, the opposite?
- She said you weren't born with much of a body, so you better develop your brain.
- 'Cause I can't sing or dance.
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