10 Everyday Things You Can't Do Without Thinking Of Movies
5. Thinking Of Rocky Whenever You Go For An Early Morning Jog
When a slightly dimwitted amateur boxer from Philadelphia gets a surprise shot at fighting for the heavyweight championship he becomes a true inspiration to us all. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is motivation for anybody who ever had a dream of overcoming immeasurable odds to prove everybody wrong. Throughout the movie we go on an emotional roller-coaster with The Italian Stallion. We laugh with him, we cry with him and most importantly we cheer for him. However, no moment is quite as inspirational as the infamous running scene. What starts off as a normal workout routine turns into pandemonium when, what feels like the entire city of Philadelphia, joins him on his spirited jog. When Rocky runs up those steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art who doesn't feel like they can take on the world? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubH5BDOaD8 It's nearly impossible to go for a morning jog without the Rocky theme song popping into your head. We can't all be the next heavyweight boxing champion of the world, but we can sure feel like we are.
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