I know a lot of you will pour scorn on me for saying this, but i recently rewatched the entire series of Rocky films, i had never watched them as an adult, but i am pleased that i did, i now realise that they are nothing to do with boxing, but to do with human courage and self belief, to this end, i wrote down some lines from the last film and called it think what you think, the philosophy of a fighting man. Here it is..

Think what you think
The Philosophy of a fighting man


Nothing really changes, only the clothes
Time only catches up with you if you stand still
You don't have to look scared to be scared
Just because you don't have to do something
It doesn't mean you shouldn't
Remember, you once sat in the palm of your Dads hand
He held you up and said you would be the best kid in the world
You were going to be better than anybody ever knew
When you grew up good and wonderful,
every day to your Mum & Dad was a privilege
when the time came for you to be your own person you did.

Then somewhere along the line you change, you stop being you.
You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good
And when things get tough, you start looking for someone to blame Like a big shadow
This is something you already know, the world isn't sunshine and rainbows
It can be a very mean and nasty place. It doesn't matter how tough you are
It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it
Nobody is going to hit as hard as life, but it isn't about how hard you get hit
Its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, this is how winning is done
If you know what your worth, go out and take what your worth, but be prepared to take the hits, don't point fingers and say your not where you want to be because of him or her, cowards do that, and that isn't you. You are better than that…..

Remember, your family love you, you're the best thing in they're lives, but if you don't believe in yourself, your never going to have a life.


It said it all to me.