1:25:01
- I know that, Rocky.
- It's like a barber chair.
1:25:04
They're gonna ask, "Anything to say?"
1:25:05
I'll say, "Sure, give me a haircut, a shave
and one of those new electric massages."
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- But you're not afraid, Rocky?
- No. They'd like me to be.
1:25:13
But I'm afraid I can't oblige them, kid.
1:25:15
You know, Jerry, I think to be afraid,
you gotta have a heart.
1:25:18
I don't think I got one.
I had that cut out of me a long time ago.
1:25:23
Suppose I asked you to have the heart, huh?
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- To be scared.
- What do you mean?
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Suppose the guards dragged you out of here
screaming for mercy.
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- Suppose you went to the chair yellow.
- Yellow?
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Say, what's the matter with you?
You've been worrying about my courage.
1:25:37
I know that.
1:25:38
This is a different kind of courage,
Rocky.
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The kind that's...
Well, it's born in heaven.
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Not the courage of heroics and bravado.
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The kind that you and I
and God know about.
1:25:50
I don't know what you mean.
1:25:52
Look, Rocky, just before I came up here,
the boys saw me off on the train.
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Soapy and several of the others.
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You can well imagine what they told me.
1:26:01
"Father, tell Rocky to show the world
what he's made of.
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Tell him not to be afraid...
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...and to go out laughing... "
- Well, what do you want?
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I'm not gonna let them down.
1:26:12
That's what I want you to do.
I want you to let them down.
1:26:15
See, you've been a hero to these kids and
hundreds of others, all through your life.
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Now you're gonna be a glorified hero
in death, and I want to prevent that, Rocky.
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They've gotta despise your memory.
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They've got to be ashamed of you.
1:26:28
You're asking me to pull an act, turn yellow
so those kids will think I'm no-good?
1:26:33
You're asking me to throw away the only
thing I got left that they can't take away.
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To give those newspapers a chance to say,
"Another rat turned yellow."
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You and I will know you're not.
1:26:42
You ask a nice little favor, Jerry.
1:26:43
Asking me to crawl on my belly
the last thing I do.
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I know what I'm asking.
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The reason I'm asking is because
being kids together gave me the idea...
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...that you might like to
join hands with me...
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...and save some of those other boys
from ending up here.
1:26:56
You're asking too much.
You wanna help those kids...
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...figure out some other way.
- It's impossible to do it without your help.