How to Make a Dream Come True — The Power of Determination
How to Make a Dream Come True — The Power of Determination
Most of us are familiar with the film Rocky starring Sylvester Stallone but the story behind the film is not so well known. It is one of the most edifying examples of the power of determination that you could ever come across.
Inspired by a fight between Muhammad Ali, champion of the world, and Chuck Wepner, a guy who never stood a chance against Ali, Stallone decided to write the scrip for a movie. Stallone, dead broke at the time, wrote the entire script in twenty-six hours using a Bic pen. As he wrote the script he decided that, no matter what, he would be the one who would play the leading role in the movie.
At a time when he did not know where his next meal would be coming from, Stallone was offered up to 5,000 for the script so long as he agreed to not star in it. The producers wanted Ryan O’Neil to be the leading actor.
