Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make you grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.

— Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers)

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12 seconds sound clip from the Rocky (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:25:18.848 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- A gala occurrence with me beating Green like he committed a crime.

- Would you take a look at that guy? I mean, where are the real fighters gonna come from? The pros. All we got today are jig clowns.

- Clowns?

- That's right. Clowns.

- And in keeping with great events throughout the country's history, Apollo Creed will duplicate the cracking of the liberty bell by cracking Mac Lee Green.

- You callin' Apollo Creed a clown?

- Well, what else? Look at him.

- Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make you grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.

- Okay, thanks a lot, Champ.

- Hey, are you crazy? This man is champion of the world. He took his best shot and became champ. Huh? What shot did you ever take?

- Hey, Rocky, you're not happy with your life, it's nice. But me, I got a business going. I don't have to take no shots. That's right.

- Stick that up your business.

- What are you so insulted about? Want me to take a shot? All right... I'll take a shot.

[...]

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Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make you grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.
Rocky (1976) Sound Clip

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Sound bites of audio quotes, dialogue one liners and sfx from the Rocky (1976) movie soundboard that you can use as ringtones and download in WAV or MP3 format.

Actors: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa), Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed), Talia Shire (Adrian Balboa), Burt Young (Paulie Pennino), Burgess Meredith (Mickey Goldmill)

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