Rocky Quotes

In Harlem, I got all my black friends. But when I go downtown, I got black, white, Asian, Indian friends. There's no borders, no barriers.

Who people like is their own business. It don't concern me. I know what I do - and I'm having a lot of fun with the women that I'm with.

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.

Cristal go by the cases, wait hold up that was racist I would prefer the Aces, ain't no different when you taste it. A 40 ounce to chase it, that's just an understatement.

Well, there are three things that the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else. Build a fire, run a hotel and manage a baseball team.

Rocky Marciano stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump.

I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh.

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

I don't know, I'm not from this neighborhood."-to Jake LaMotta after a night of drinking when LaMotta asked "is that the sun or the moon?

I wanted to model when I was younger.

New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'

I hate the hype. When 50 Cent came out, people were saying that he was the best rapper alive: "Oh, he got shot nine times, he's better than Tupac, he's better than Biggie." That was all hype.

But for real, for me, I feel like with the red lipstick thing it all depends on the pair of complexion. I'm just being for real. You have to be fair skinned to get away with that.

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

Sometimes I feel like what's hard for fashion designers to do is take looks from off the runway and actually put it into existence, into reality. That's really the hard part.

I never stole nuttin' unless it began with an 'A' - A truck, a car, a payroll...!

The fight for survival is the fight

I love 'Harry Potter' and JK Rowling - don't laugh at me!

I don't wear diamond necklaces. I'm not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets.

People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.

The lessons I learned in Vietnam and in the NFL reinforced one another: teamwork, sacrifice, responsibility, accountability, and leadership.

I've been into fashion since birth. I grew up in the 'hood, and everybody in the 'hood wants to compensate for being in poverty, so they want to look good to keep themselves up.

I wouldn't mind collaborating with anybody, but I don't want to design anything, I'm not a fashion designer.

I just want my fans to grow up and enjoy the music first, I don't want to change the world that's not what my music is about.

I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo.

It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant.

Blind faith in bad leaders is not patriotism.

Everybody who is young is promising. The world should sue the young for breach of promise.

I don't have any favourite lyrics. Honestly, all of them I love 'em to death - it's the same with songs. I don't have just one favourite lyric, I love them all.

[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want a lot of people to respect my music and treat me... [as] inspiration.

You mix two jiggers of Scotch to one jigger of Metrecal. So far I've lost five pounds and my driver's license.

I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.

Preconceived ideas can sometimes become barriers.

Probably, violent things I've done when I was younger, was probably the most despicable thing that I've ever done.

You wouldn't take me to be a Skrillex fan, but honestly, when I'm at his shows, I get high and liquored up, and I just go in the crowd and start raving.

I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.

Thank you Rob for the honor you have brought to our city with this oustanding composition.

I bet you don't know what is the first thing Little Leaguers always ask me, 'How much money do you make?'

If I was traded to the Giants, I'd quit baseball

I don't even like New York rappers.

The trouble with having a wired jaw is that you can never tell when you're sleepy. You can't yawn.

I just don't see the social good in using taxpayer money to fund a network that provides more television and bandwidth for illegally downloading files.

The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner.

On Jose Gonzalez changing his name to Jose Uribe: 'He was definitely the player to be named later.'

I've had more numbers on my back than a bingo board.

New York is like America with the volume turned up to 10.

Agile does not mean laissez-faire, flexibility and freedom are based on the well-defined principles.

Roses are red violets are blue, God made me pretty, what happened to you?

Change is not for its own sake, it’s the means to the end, not the end.

She tried to explain to them it wasn't the place that made people uncultured but their attitudes.