muhammad ali i am the greatest speech transcript

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali. . MP: I read a book about you and he said one theory put forward by way of explanation towards your opponents before fights was in fact that this was nerves. "My principles are more important than the money or my title." "I know where I'm . One of the greatest American heavyweight boxing champions, Muhammad Ali was known as much for his flamboyant self-promotion and controversial political stances as for his boxing ability. And I went downtown that day, had my big gold medal on, and went in a restaurant. MA: I need to get everything straight. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights at night time - talking and playing marbles. Should I let those rattle snakes come down, hoping that those one thousand get together and form a shield? Impossible is temporary. More. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. Ali was drafted by the United States military in 1966 and called up for induction in 1967. 8:198-Minute Listen. To me, as someone whos interested in sport, hes without doubt the most beautiful and complete athlete Ive ever seen. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer died this evening," Bob Gunnell, a . But usually m on the spot with my predictions and some people really gamble and bet money on the rounds I say. Never. But Elijah Muhammad has been on record as saying he believes white men are devils. MP: You mentioned that you wrote poetry other than boxing - do you ever write about this other side of you? z|i.D;cZJa/*/\yPdD'EC9KR"oV#r?%&MUlo6L@,zse&}Bt6&9!vj^s2ojN^F+ #(gXxdW JuycU(&=b:^U=+AVz![o~=MF6 e]mF[CYP9.i%o5|fd?Y3#%{ai5!QRA1fY\~5eQm =#dp2]3:+S-A8?o[-e~]#]@EOZ_YoTa=#` PDwEh{o("/v9]p:Tc8gzKg neSi:) \_(9l\1"g:PE}FWs{tq|Q`e]Wo\rxgS!f JEFF POWELL: Muhammad Ali's presence surrounded and pervaded us at the preview of 'I Am The Greatest,' the new exhibition about his life which opens on Friday at London's O2 Arena. Muhammad Ali, original name Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., (born January 17, 1942, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.died June 3, 2016, Scottsdale, Arizona), American professional boxer and social activist. And this is serious. ALI: By Cassius Clay. But Ali himself would reject many of the absurd superlatives heaped upon him in the days since he died. Voila! When you were a kid in Louisville, did you get involved in fist fights and things like that? "It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.". I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age. And still, the heavyweight champion of the whole world, Cassius Clay. It sounds big, didnt it? Im sick and tired Im getting off this show. (1942-2016). Known as the king of motivational quotes, among other titles, Alis words of wisdom have been used to inspire greatness. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. (Ive not been paid for that commercial). Dan Angelucci: 'The Best (Best Man) Speech of all time', for Don and Katherine - 2019 Hallerman Sisters: 'Oh sister now we have to let you gooooo!' for Caitlin & Johnny - 2015 Korey Soderman (via Kyle): 'All our lives I have used my voice to help Korey express his thoughts, so today, like always, I will be my brother's voice' for Kyle and . A Jewish name. And at that time, things werent integrated. That wed see the launching of a coloured satellite. But I said to myself, 'Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion'. Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali's fourth wife came into his life in 1986. Muhammad Ali was a very good boxer, but he was not unbeatable. Following are some quotations from Ali, who died on Friday at 74: RELATED: Key Fights in Muhammad Ali's Career, Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. That's the funniest joke in the world. Did you all see Tarzan over here? MA: I believe in the holy Koran. Why do you reject integration? But that was his right, he could have that job. I must be the greatest. And I thought about that as I rode off in the rain. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them various things or to give them dignity, pride and self-help. MA: I cant really say. <>>> Muhammad Ali's wife Lonnie is perhaps his most famous spouse due to the length of their marriage. Something to achieve. The nose is bleeding, the eyes cut, the teeth is out, and the brain might have a concussion just to please you human beings. And Frank Sinatra turned his back and walked out on him. But I have said it once and I will say it again. ALI: He talks a great deal and brags indeed-y of a muscular punch that's incredibly speedy. He is the Devil! 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But I was so wrapped up in boxing since I was 12. I was 21 years old, I was the Olympic champion but I hadnt started talking yet. ", "At home I am a nice guy but I don't want the world to know. Muhammad Ali. I see the cameras and I see millions of people. I am now 35 years old; 30 more years I'll be 65. I was told your budget was kinda low and you dont pay too much. And you know after that fight, Frank wouldnt talk to him. His good Roman Catholic boy Floyd Paterson. I mean it but I put emphasis on it. Ali will never die," Don King, who promoted some of Ali's biggest fights, told The Associated Press news . I shook up the world, I am the greatest, I'm king of the world, I'm pretty, I'm pretty, I'm a bad man, you heard me I'm a bad man. SettingsHD. Ellis has got a family, hes an ex friend of mine and he wants to live too. I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. Mainly when I fight them. "The rumble in the jungle"saw Ali fighting the heavy weight boxing champion, George Foreman, in Kinshasa . Because we were way down as far as I was concerned. I hit him so hard that I made him cry. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. And the angel fruit cake was the white cake and the devil food cake was the chocolate cake. Impossible is not a fact. I'm pretty. And the first thing they ask me is, why do you call yourselves black Muslims?. This is the legend of Cassius Clay, the most beautiful fighter in the world today. Get up and say Elijah Muhammad is wrong when he says they are the devil? What about other black athletes - in particular Floyd Paterson. MA: Right. No woman can really identify with me and the way I act and the way I talk. by. We say at these meetings, we are not to be the aggressor but we will defend ourselves if attacked. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far. Ive always been one to Im not just a boxer. Website created by ThreeSixtyEight. This was a way of working off your nerves, like you did with Liston and indeed all the people you fight. We had a local TV show called Tomorrows Champions, which comes on in Louisville in Kentucky every Friday at six oclock. I just won the gold medal and I couldnt eat downtown. endobj The play didnt make it but I was a success. Muhammad Ali, the three-time world heavyweight boxing champion who helped define his turbulent times as the most charismatic and controversial sports figure of the 20th century, died . Some of Muhammad Ali's children have found their own fame. Ive been on planes flying through thunder storms when the pilot says, ladies and gentlemen, we tried to fly around it but we cant so its going to be rough. MA: Listen, bluebirds fly with bluebirds. We had 11,000 at the supermarket the other day in Birmingham. As you said, the black Muslim movement. Then I was on Joe Frazier. Cassius Clay can sing, but singing didnt help him to become the heavyweight champion of the world; swinging helped him become the heavyweight champion. But in terms of sports personalities -- or celebrity personalities -- he was on the highest plane. This is actually from Ali's autobiography "The Greatest". But those were the rounds I lost. . Many people were there for various reasons. Called the "Thrilla In Manila," that fight arguably is one of the greatest in Ali's career. Why is the Lords supper all white men? The lyrics are . This boldness in telling the truth overshadows sport greatly. But the same people that are with me for not going to Vietnam because I saved them and their children. I mean, Im proud, and Islam did it. Tonight, I'm gonna whip you till you cry like a baby. No white man says hes not the devil. endobj Oh, yeah, he's a big dude and he hits hard, you know, I'll call him what he wants. And then he got in his opponents corner and got some deodorant and sprayed it, holding his nose, and he was trowing out at people and making out all kinds of bad gestures. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. Like. Im standing so proud. They must look at him and think hes fearless of everything. Finally, the Ali script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Michael Mann movie starring Will Smith as Muhammed Ali. True Muslims know or should know that it goes against our religion to try and force Islam on anybody. Then I fought the rough Oscar Bonavena - the man who almost whooped Joe Frazier. So, in 1971, Ive had just about five fights and Ive go three more planned after Buster Mathis. Ive heard Elijah Muhammad say that many white people mean right and in their heart want to do right. I would say to my mother, Momma? Like how would a Chinese look named Robert Smith? Muhammad Ali. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. June 29, . (2:58) He was a slave trader from England. More interest. Come over and say hello! MP: Have you never lost your temper in the ring and really wanted to kill the guy? It's just a job. 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Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. MP : But without that, even without the dispute about the judging, the fact is that youre a crowd-puller and Frazier is not. They caused many people to laugh, some to cringe. And Id have whooped the world for America. You my enemy. I tell you what I really fear. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Also, play our mobile quiz app at deadoraliveapp.com Links: Transcript of this episode Famous & Gravy official website Dead or Alive Quiz Game Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn New York Times obituary for Muhammad Ali The Simpsons supercut video of all Muhammad Ali references Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic torch at 1996 Atlanta I . I am the man this poems about, Ill be champ of the world; there isnt a doubt.. I always wondered why. I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. If youre just looking for presentation services though, please just exit out this box and continue along. No, Ive never noticed that. 3 0 obj Watch and read the full transcript of Muhammad Ali's. His crusade was cut short when he was assassinated while giving a speech in 1965. Barack Obama led tributes to the incandescent athlete, activist, humanitarian, poet and showman with a statement that caught the mood of many. oqoL?, 4m$~PVK Do3LlI),)^ XK ?|w6xIt4@<55QRc"c`Wd]*zEyd|!ifh&J|Ztv^8 But Elijah Muhammad teaches us the truth of God beautified the planet by separating everybody in different countries for themselves: Chinese in China, English in England, Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico, Ethiopians in Ethiopia, Arabians in Arabia, Egyptians in Egypt, and Americans took that country and stole it away so theres always going to be trouble and chaos. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. And the Africans have been there for centuries and they cant talk to the animals. The nigger needs to go over." Real conceited and arrogant. He's got speed and endurance. Fullscreen. Im the champion of the whole world. MA: No, not society. MP: What about this prediction thing - is that a showbiz thing? ALI: This brash, young boxer is something to see. You won't even stand up for me in America for my religious beliefs, and you want me to go somewhere and fight, but you won't even stand up for me here at home. I am great! Do you have fears of anything at all? He's doomed. MA: There wont be on our part. I could flow on anything from Premo to that trap shit. For he cant start counting til Frazier comes down. Nobody was hurt. Look at my beautiful blond hair. MA: If a man dreamed to be, they better wake up and apologise. I wanna tell you something. The fella had a little boy beside him and a lady. I talk to God everyday. "It's a sad day for life, man. Have you always had this gift, thinking right back? There were more chapters to follow. Impossible is nothing. I think the best caution is, if a fellas winning on points and has the guy just about out and hes against the rope and just about gone, he should not try to hurt him just to satisfy the crowd or to make money. What moves him to call me up here?. MP: But I remember one fight I saw, I think you gave him a real going over, I think it was Zora Folley? And who told him he could sing? Theyre not mad about nothing. Clay is a good enough fighter, but it's unfortunate that he's a. The boxing champ talked of his childhood questioning his mother why everything deemed good was always whiteand how he related the story of how, his conversion to Islam and how, after he had won an Olympic gold medal for his country, he was still refused service in a restaurant because of his colour. Because I have a great insight. Or a great man will be assassinated. MA : Right, its different to others who have lost - or so called lost - the titles and others would say have gone downhill slightly. I'm so mean, I make medicine sick. God didnt make a mistake making us all like we are. MA: If Im attacked, fight like hell. They prowl the streets day and night - they shooting, hitting, its crazy. MA: Well I wrote about this Africa prison killing the other day. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay in Louisville, Kentucky. But he would take his time and had sharp, hard punches. Download. I have more fans and more followers and more supporters. Do you feel that Ali was the greatest boxer to step foot in the ring? Too dangerous. Poem written after winning the gold medal in the 1960 Olympic Summer Games in Rome, Italy, p. 35, Since I won't let the critics seal my fate, they. The Frazier fight was seen by ten hundred million people. MA: I dont pay much attention to it. Interview with Michael Parkinson (1974), quoted by Adam Lusher in ". No sir. Our shop has joined forces with Hatchit Co to launch a full service digital experience agency that challenges brands to embrace their creative confidence through web, video, and digital brand strategy. Never. Right after a fight I run right to the dressing room and right to the mirror and make sure Im still, you know, presentable. MA: Its a little bit of showbiz and helps the crowd. Muhammad Ali, 74, died Friday in Phoenix after suffering from Parkinson's disease for more than two decades. Its a rough sport being punched on all the time. They later agreed with me on just that subject. A lot of Catholics want to marry Catholics because the want their religion to stay the same. Athlete, activist, rebel, poet, legendMuhammad Ali stood larger than life in the imagination of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Accuracy and availability may vary. MP: How do you travel when youre in the States then? Islam is not a killer religion. The history is the history of the devil. Those rattle snakes didnt want to bite me and I knew they were good. Just the idea of me, a humble fella from Kentucky, lucky in sports and now heres the house and the fight was piped in to places like Thailand in the government house, and Arabian officials took time off just to watch two men boxing. Chinese love Chinese. This is what I plan to do. One fella was going for a rock and another was picking up a stick and there wasnt no referees or judges and I got out of there real quick. They kill all our leaders. And when I heard the truth about my name was not Cassius Clay, like I knew a black man in America named John Hawkins. I want to be with my own. Entdecke Muhammad Ali, der Grte: Meine eigene Geschichte, 1975, Memoiren, SIGNIERT, 1./2. If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Policemen pull black people over, hit them across the head and try them unjustly in court. Why is that? And after these things that I heard in church, a preacher and watching this and that, I knew something was wrong but I couldnt pinpoint it. Olympic champion. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Big Fish Presentations. Said they were going to slice the guards face but there was no guards face sliced - they just wanted to kill back people. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Oh man, if we were second class citizens wed be driving old Cadillacs and living good. Are you fearless? What did you say? Here are 50 pieces of wisdom from Ali which we could all look to follow which would make the world a better place. The boxing legend rolled back the . Ali was the first fighter to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions; he successfully defended this title 19 times. And I was in the rain on my bicycle and I was leaning over listening to a fellows radio in a car. ", "I've wrestled with alligators. 2 0 obj And a lot of time Ive been lucky enough to predict 17 times what round. They dont speak their language, theyre just mentally dead. I'm the boldest, the prettiest, the most superior, most scientific, most skillfullest fighter in the ring today. MA: It happened one night when I heard Rocky Marciano - 1954 or 53 - he had beaten Walcott or somebody. Ali swings to the left, Ali swings to the right. I was always curious. I recognise them and they recognise me. MA: Second class? And none of those good white folks can be found to help us. endstream Why do I have to wait till I die to get milk and honey? "I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. My enemies are white people, not Viet Congs or Chinese or Japanese. Known to be one of the greatest speakers to walk this earth, he used confidence, passion, and rhyming verse to communicate his points. At two or three days later, a plane crash landed here. %PDF-1.5 ", "I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free. Our shop has joined forces with Hatchit Co to launch a full service digital experience agency that challenges brands to embrace their creative confidence through web, video, and digital brand strategy. He's being laid to rest in his hometown. I want to give him a shot at it. My name is known in Serbia, Pakistan, Morocco. And right away I start talking: I am the greatest. Now we will fight, but we will not go looking to start one. I came on after him and he was talking about, I am the prettiest wrestler. MA: Oh were much different. 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