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In school, nobody could pronounce my name. They just called me Rocky.

I wasn't a bad kid. I was a good kid. But I had gotten in a lot of fights 'cause in the neighborhood I grew up in, that wasn't equated with bad behavior almost. I mean, we'd fought like it was another game. 'You wanna play stick ball today?' 'Nah, let's go fight.'

I had a fistfight with every kid on my block. I got about fifteen broken noses to prove it. Part of it was also because I was always drawing, and I always had an artist portfolio with me. But I was a tough kid. I won their respect.

I loved 'Rocky' and 'Rambo', and am very proud of them.

I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.

I went to acting school, and I polished my dancing, but I didn't really learn how to fight.

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.

I was bullied at school.