Rocky, by Stephen Holland

Rocky Balboa, unlike any other figure, fictional or not, embodies the very essence of what is held dear by Americans as the best of their character.

Rocky was a story about a man who had next to nothing going for him. So limited by his options, his survival at times was dependent on taking work that went against his own moral fiber. But, despite all the forces of his environment working against him, he prevailed as a virtue of his own inner being. And, what he won in the end was the reward of his own integrity. Rocky was not a story of a winner, it was the great American parable of hard work, persistence, and unrelenting spirit of one person's will.

Signed by Sylvester Stallone