Rocky pleads his case before The Pennsylvania Athletic Commission from the movie Rocky Balboa (2006) Commission Chair: This plenary session of the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission is convened in order to consider the application of Rocky Balboa for the issuance of a discretionary professional boxing license, due to his ineligibility to…
Introduction “Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can’t let our circumstances or what others do or don’t do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.” – Joyce Meyer Bad things happen. That’s just a…
What I like me to do right now, I want you to think about your dream, because I’m in a room full of dreamers. Think about your dream right now, what you think about it and envision it. Now ladies and gentlemen let me share something with you. I do…
For all the time executives spend concerned about physical strength and health, when it comes down to it, mental strength can mean even more. Particularly for entrepreneurs, numerous articles talk about critical characteristics of mental strength—tenacity, “grit," optimism, and an unfailing ability as Forbes contributor David Williams says, to “fail…
Aunt May speech to Peter Parker (SpiderMan) from the movie SpiderMan 2 (2004) Henry: You take Spider-Man’s pictures, right? Peter: I used to. Henry: Where is he? Aunt May: Henry and I agree. We don’t see his picture in the paper anymore. Peter: He…uh…quit. Henry: Why? Peter: Wanted to try…
Rocky speech to his son from the movie Rocky Balboa (2006) You ain’t gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. I’d hold you up to say to your mother, “This kid’s gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid’s gonna be somebody better than anybody…
So, there's something you've got to understand about training, it is not just the body that's at work, there's an integration of mind, spirit and body at play. There's a threshold that you have to cross in order to access the power of the mind and the spirit in your…
Is it going to be easy? No. Is it going to be HARD? Hell yeah… And that is the best part.The best part is pushing through the pain.The best part is the CHALLENGE. You need to have goals that seem out of reach, At least goals that are HARD to…
What is the measure of a man? What makes a man be remembered? Is it determined by the faults and accomplishments throughout his life?Or does it all boil down to the last thing he ever did? In this life time, so much can be done. So many things are possible.…