Mickey called Rocky a "dead-ass" for his slow reflexes, and he asked: "You sick, kid?" He berated him for his lack of dedication and resolve, and for training like a bum: "You""re training like a ninth-rate pug who oughta be pumping gas in Jersey someplace.Professor Xavier promised to continually combat him with his X-Men ("And I will always be there, old friend")." Sir Wilfrid returned back down the stairs on the lift and added how he had been put "on a diet of bland civil suits...But I do know one thing, it""s not to score touchdowns." On a short race up the road to the barn with Clark, Jonathan collapsed and died of a heart attack.At his father""s gravesite after the funeral, Clark anguished and mourned his father""s death: "All those things I can do, all those powers and I couldn""t even save him.