Name: No Right to Deny Happiness Speech | ROCKY BALBOA
Uploaded: 2024-10-19T11:34:33.000Z
Duration: 3 min 25 s
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To consider the application of Rocky Balboa for the issuance of a discretionary professional boxing license, due to his ineligibility to be licensed as a matter of right, Mr. Balboa, you're welcome here.

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Since you're representing yourself, we invite you to make an opening statement if you'd like to.  No, I was just curious how I did, that's all. All right, Wells.

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The medical advisory board has informed us that the battery of tests to which you've been subjected, you've passed these tests with flying colors.

And we congratulate you for that. Thanks.

However, this commission, in good conscience, cannot recommend you for a license.

And we therefore deny your application. Didn't I do what you asked? Yes, you did.

So I should get a license, right? Not exactly.

So why'd you give me all them tests if yours never passed to me? We've got to stand by our decision here.

And we have to deny your request for a license at this time. Yo, don't I got some rights? What rights do you think you're referring to?

Rights, like in that official paper that they wrote down the street there? That's the bill of rights. Yeah, yeah, the bill of rights.

Don't it say something about going after what makes you happy? No, that's the pursuit of happiness.

But what's your point? My point is I'm pursuing something, and nobody looks too happy about it. But we're just looking out for your interests.

I appreciate that, but maybe you're looking out for your interests just a little bit more.

I mean, you shouldn't be asking people to come down here and pay the freight on something they paid.

It still ain't good enough. I mean, you think that's right?

I mean, maybe you're doing your job, but why you got to stop me from doing mine? Because if you're willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get to where you want to get, who's got the right to stop you?

I mean, maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to somebody, something.

And you're told no, even after you pay your dues.

Nobody. It's your right to listen to your gut.

It ain't nobody's right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do.

You know, the older I get, the more things I got to leave behind.

The only thing I'm asking you guys to leave on the table is what's right.  Let's go. Yo!

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No Right to Deny Happiness Speech | ROCKY BALBOA

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