Bear them well and wisely." He announced before departing: "Winter is almost over, and things do pile up when you""ve been gone a hundred years.I thought the ruby might afford her some ease in life, but I never imagined she""d take hose scribblin""s and make a life of her own." He was also asked: "Do you think you have brain damage?" and he quipped: "I don""t see any." When Apollo Creed was wheeled in, the press reporters left Rocky and flocked around the champion, who wanted to speak to the "Stallion.Bannister argues, conversely, that money for countless operations has saved him from a lifetime of crippling paralysis:Bannister: Are you independently wealthy?O""Hara: I""m independent.Behold his mighty hand." An old man commented: "God opens the sea with a blast of His nostrils!" Other memorable scenes were dramatically enacted at Mt.