Inspired me with Confidence

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2005)

I saw Rocky when I was a nine year old kid and I didn't know from good movies, bad movies etc. All I knew, even at that young age, was I had something in common with the title character. We were both underdogs. Great movie aside, Rocky is one of the all-time best characters ever to be imagined and Stallone brought him to life perfectly. I have always wanted to meet Sly just to thank him for inspiring me with the confidence to do things I never thought I could do. See there was this neighborhood bully who used the beat the crap out of me just about every day and I never even fought back, it just wasn't my style. So one day my Grampa takes me to see Rocky and I was like "Hey, I could fight back too, I could be like Rocky." Even though that kid was bigger and older the next time he came at me I just pretended I was Rocky. And guess what? I beat the crap out of him that day and he never touched me again. I was one of the most liberating things that I have ever done in my life. I sometimes wonder how different of a person I may have been had I not seen Rocky and been inspired to stand up for myself. Would I have been a wimp all my life? I don't know. But what I do know is that seeing Rocky at that age and during that time was very formative and inspiring for me and my character. So thank you Gramps, even though I never got to tell ya, and thank you too Sly, you were both my heroes.