All I wanted to do at a fight was prove I was no bum, that I had the stuff to make a good pro, you know?

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

You can hear this line at 00:41:40.632 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Give her the blades.

- Aren't you skating?

- Nah. I ain't skated since I was 15. That's when I started fightin'... when I was 15.

- Skating's kinda bad for the ankles, you know?

- Yeah.

- You're a pretty good skater, are you?

- You know, like I was saying before on the way over here. Fightin' used to be tops with me, but no more, you know?

- All I wanted to do at a fight was prove I was no bum, that I had the stuff to make a good pro, you know?

- You never got the chance?

- Hey, I ain't cryin' about it, 'cause I still fight. I kinda do it like a hobby.

- I tell you what the trouble is... I'm a southpaw.

- What's a southpaw?

- A southpaw means you're left-handed. And a southpaw throws your timing off, you see.

- Other guys it throws their timing off, makes them look awkward. Nobody wants to look awkward.

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