muhammad ali i am the greatest speech transcript

Were not trying to take power away or rule anybody - were just trying to get up from under the rulers. Hitch him up. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. And Dempsey was more of a wild, rough fighter - a little like Marciano. MA: Its Just Muslim. And then they got some stuff called White House cigars, White Swan soap, King White soap, White Cloud tissue paper, White Rain hair rinse, White Tornado floor wax, everything was white. If youre just looking for presentation services though, please just exit out this box and continue along. I cannot lose. In America they got a saying: the n****r talks too much. I really do. Subscribe to Iconic: http://bit.ly/zVEuIYMuhammad Ali makes his legendary 'I Am The Greatest' speech to reporters ahead of his 1964 world title bout with Son. Our team is always happy in helping you deliver an experience. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. The buzzard like to fly in the desert. To be "The Greatest of All Time," boxing legend Muhammad Ali said you have to believe in yourself. And I went downtown, I sat down, and I said, A cup of coffee, a hotdog., The lady said, We dont serve Negroes. I was so mad, I said, I dont eat them either, just give me a cup of coffee and a hamburger., You know, I said, Im the Olympic gold medal-winner. 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. And Miss America was always white. When you say separation, what youre saying is that black people must do something for themselves and not always beg white people to move in to their neighbourhoods. You dont shoot yourself. Pakistanis love their culture. Cos the war got unpopular and so many black militants were trying to do all they could. Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. I won three days, I fought for this country in Rome, I won the gold medal, and Im going to eat.. We got white Muslims, brown Muslims, yellow Muslims, tan Muslims, red Muslims and black muslims - were the same all over. A lot of peoples features change. When the flights all right and smooth Im still thinking, what if the engine blow up? What if a fools got a bomb on it?. Entdecke Muhammad Ali, der Grte: Meine eigene Geschichte, 1975, Memoiren, SIGNIERT, 1./2. Identifying you as property of certain masters. The second, after Nixon. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and youd ever hear the news. Its a matter of time Ali lowers the boom. Copyright 2023 Big Fish Presentations, All Rights Reserved. P.S. As you said, the black Muslim movement. And the President lived in the White House. MA: Who am I to say he was the devil? MA: If a man dreamed to be, they better wake up and apologise. You know I'm bad. 8. Tell Joe I'll win the fight." They said, "The nigger talks too much. He won the first, lost the second and won the third. It's an opinion. Music legend John Legend reads Muhammad Ali's speech against the Vietnam War in 1966. If you was auctioned off to Mr Smith, your name was Smith. In The Greatest: My Own Story, Ali says, "It's the . Boxing is just going to be another year. Press conference, March 9, 1971, following his defeat to Frazier, quoted in, "The Silent Warrior", dedicated to Joe Frazier and his family, p. 112, Poem composed in 1963 prior to his match with Sonny Liston, as quoted by Bill Traughber in "Brash Clay waxed poetic in 1963 visit to Nashville," Nashville's. Get ready to meet God.'. I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. Islam is not a killer religion. The fight was held in the African nation of Zaire; it was insensitively called the "rumble in the jungle." At the time, the television interview was deemed edgy. tags: inspirational. MP: I do understand. And Manchester I had 12,000 - 15000, just talking and signing autographs. I done handcuffed lightning, and throw thunder in jail. A powerpoint that gives important parts of Muhammad Ali's history and influnce on others. You might dispute that. It was 1967 when Muhammad Ali refused to . Ali first met Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad 's chief disciple at the time in Detroit in 1962. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright. If he hits you once, you're asleep for the night. MP: What about the poetry - was that your idea? (AP Photo/Charles Harrity) AP Photo/Charles Harrity. I did not use the word pacifist. You my enemy. If the white folks is in Heaven too, then the black angels were in the kitchen, preparing the milk and honey.. Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. It aint no despair. MP: Because I dont think Im any different to you, you see. Thats what the press call us because the history of Americans is to divide and conquer. I talk to God everyday. They caused many people to laugh, some to cringe. If I'm gonna die, I'll die now right here fighting you, if I'm gonna die. How do you feel champ? (Does impression on Fraziers smashed face). He made all of us. I dont talk no more. Hitch him up! But that was his right, he could have that job. Ali swings to the left, Ali swings to the right. He was 74. Life Lessons From Muhammad Ali. Betting against me is completely absurd. Muhammad Ali died Friday at age 74. 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. No white man says hes not the devil. I've got a lot of white associates. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. The big fight is coming up Ali and Frazier. England's people have never lynched us, raped us, castrated us, tarred and feathered us, burned us up, pulled our sockets apart, stick knives in pregnant women's stomachs, enslaved us, rob us of our names, our knowledge, our Elijah Mohammad's been preaching that the white man of America God taught him is the blue-eyed, blond-headed Devil! But if 10,000 rattle snakes were coming down the aisle right there and I had a door I could shut, and one thousand of those snakes meant right. 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Before his fight with Archie Moore (1962), as quoted in. I do a lot of reading, a lot of studying. ", "Sometimes I feel a little sad because I can see how some things I said could upset some people. Although only 130 pages of well-chosen photographs and text, it succinctly details Ali's life from his birth as Cassius Clay to his becoming a legend whose name is still recognized worldwide even though his last fight was in 1981. Muhammad Ali was a global superstar when he was interviewed by Michael Parkinson in 1971. I recognise them and they recognise me. Archie Moore fell in four, Liston wanted me more, so . And I got there too late and I heard a man say, And still, the heavyweight champion of the world, Rocky Marciano. 212 S 14th Street, STE B, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. He is the Devil! You dont believe that, do you? 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. Few would argue if I call him unique. As bad as he was, I wasnt really mad at him. 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 . And hes sitting there all dressed up with his beer and ha ha ha ha ha and theyre just fighting. Gorgeous George, a famous American wrestler who is deceased now, was there talking before myself. MA: Only for reasons of war, not for religion or my peoples freedom. I know I can eat downtown now.. MP: What about also being a champion, a thing that Ive often wondered about, do you get people coming up to you and wanting to take a swing at you? Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., grew up in the American . This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. ALI: This brash, young boxer is something to see. Who would have thought when they come to the fight. And I said, Im not going to be that kind of a fighter. On June 3, 2016, the world lost a champion in Muhammad Ali. It said: "Muhammad Ali was the Greatest. Then the publicity after the fight said he had to spend four weeks in intensive treatment at the hospital he took such a terrible whooping. But when youre behind the wheel its not like that. You attract it. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. I must be the greatest. MP: But do you think if to ever get this separate state, do you think it can be achieved bloodlessly? Ive heard Elijah Muhammad say that many white people mean right and in their heart want to do right. Our team is always happy in helping you deliver an experience. MP: You mentioned Nixon there, and I was reading a piece Norman Mailer wrote about you and he described you as the second most prominent American. He looked at me and said, "I'm going to get you for that." It was one right hand. They said, George, what if you lose?. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Ali would subsequently go on to attend the rallies and lectures of Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad. You couldnt get Joe Frazier or no boxer on this show and get interest in a subject like this. Because right now black people are at home shouting at home jumping because they dont have the nerve to say what Im saying and nobodys never said it. Theyre not mad about nothing. However, this was said by Don King to George Foreman. We had a local TV show called Tomorrows Champions, which comes on in Louisville in Kentucky every Friday at six oclock. "What I suffered physically was worth what I've accomplished in life. Here are two men like two roosters - you know, cock fighters - and they put knives on them and they are mad and fighting and dont even know each other, just to please somebody. America. MA: Its a little bit of showbiz and helps the crowd. ALI: He is the greatest. Comment about George Foreman prior to the "Rumble in the Jungle" match, when referee Clayton warned Ali that if he didn't stop talking he would stop the fight. I Am the Greatest is a comedy album by boxer Cassius Clay, released in August 1963 - six months before he won the world heavyweight championship , publicly announced his conversion to Islam, and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. "It's a sad day for life, man. Because I look at two other men fighting and I think, I must be a fool. And this is serious. Not for my freedom. So I had to talk, act crazy, supreme, "I am the greatest of all times. And Frank Sinatra turned his back and walked out on him. Later I found out that this man worked for the show. You my opposer when I want justice. He's doomed. In his first professional loss, Ali was knocked out in the 15th round. KMJQ Featured Video. Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money dont really mean nothing - cos I proved that by gave up the title, not knowing that I wouldnt be back for four years. We don't have no more influence, we can't do nothing much at 65, your wife will tell you that. by. What's really hurting me, the name Islam is involved, and Muslim is involved and causing trouble and starting hate and violence. I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. I must be the greatest. No features or nothing distorted, like him. In Hiroshima werent bad but they still dropped the bomb. Last night when you went to bed and woke up this morning, you don't remember a thing. I dont have to do that no more. Fullscreen. MA: If Im attacked, fight like hell. 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. Written by copywriter Aimee Lehto for a series of Adidas ads in which this was superimposed over stills of various figures, including Muhammad Ali. The slaves were not better offthe boat Ali refers to brought the slaves through a horrific Middle Passage to a life of painful servitudeyet their descendants today, even if they won't admit it, are better off. That's the only way you gonna save this sucker. I'm the double greatest. All the beautiful brown women in America, beautiful sun tans, beautiful shapes, all types of complexions, but she always was white. Put your money where your mouse is. So anyway, I was always curious. Theres people dancing on a ship. Tonight, I'm gonna whip you till you cry like a baby. Mainly he talks about the American white man. Look at the kid carry the fight. Something to achieve. But I dont control the aeroplane or the pilot. Those rattle snakes didnt want to bite me and I knew they were good. I don't try to move into white neighborhoods. And if the white man aint the devil, hes been aiming at the history of the Americans. 2 0 obj MP: Thats because societys fault. But I did not deliberately try to hurt anyone. I was baptized when I was twelve, but I didn't know what I was doing. 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. He took one quart of laughter, one pinch of concern, and then, he mix willingness with happiness, he added lots of faith, and he stired it up well, then he spreads it over his span of a lifetime, and he served it to each and every deserving person he met. And not only became the champion of the whole world, but better than all of those before me. At two or three days later, a plane crash landed here. And when a pilot says its going to be bad, its going to be rough. Boxing great and cultural icon Muhammad Ali died Friday after a long battle with Parkinson's. I said that before I knew I was." We all have greatness inside ourselves. Just picturing one million people and you couldnt see them all. And he ran off the show. As thousands of people mourn Muhammad Ali at his funeral in Louisville, Ky., NPR remembers his 1963 poem, "I Am The Greatest." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING . The nose is bleeding, the eyes cut, the teeth is out, and the brain might have a concussion just to please you human beings. Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head. ", "I'm the onliest person that can speak to everybody in the whole world. MP: As I said in my introduction to you, you are as much now a political figure as you are an athlete. So I can love freedom and the flesh and blood of my people moreso than I do the money. In the early 1970s Muhammad Ali fought for the heavyweight title against George Foreman. Impossible is potential. And a lot of time Ive been lucky enough to predict 17 times what round. Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. He might lose his life. MA: Well, I tell you. Where you psyche them out. 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. MA: I need to get everything straight. Read Muhammad's poem aloud and then write your own poem that describes how you are "The Greatest!" Perhaps, you're the greatest at a sport or perhaps you're the greatest at a school subject. MA: I cant really say. God made us different. I was always curious. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. All kinds of things set us back, but life goes on. 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. MP: I think thats a philosophy of despair. Many people were there for various reasons. If I say the mans going to fall in round five, like your man Henry Cooper here, he was stopped in round five but it was on a cut - it wasnt because he was out. They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice home and a white wife and think, well, I made it. "Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they . Muhammad Ali and Rudie Lubbers fought a twelve-round boxing match in Jakarta on October 20, 1973. It says we declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims and do not take part in wars, or in no way fashion or form take the lives of humans unless its a holy war declared by God himself. What they mad about? Sometimes I feel a lot of things but I keep it in. x[9;; ]:OeD9sc%/PMksJU;?W al4x-sy.i;6ZN*}c ,r'?c*. 1942-2016: Muhammad Ali's Life in Pictures, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion, Muhammad Ali Remembers the Rumble in the Jungle, Muhammad Ali Jabs at Donald Trump After Muslim Exclusion Plan, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Here are our three favorite speeches from The Greatest: 1: When asked what he was going to do when retiring from boxing, Favorite quote:What am I going to do for the next 16 years whats the best thing Im going to do? Olympic champion. Like how would a Chinese look named Robert Smith? I don't have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty-two years old. So when you ask God for a gift, be thankful if sends not diamonds, pearls or riches but the love of real true friends. They lie too.. 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. Its an opinion. Anytime you live in the twentieth century, 1964, and youre walking around here singing We Shall Overcome, the government has failed us. Black folks couldnt eat downtown. Want to stay up-to-date with us? Documented by. Now, you know who John Hawkins was. Remaining Time -0:00. Selflessness and vulnerability will get people to listen. We love the classics , Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee., I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was., Dont count the days; make the days count., Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world theyve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Which is five times the population of the United States. "I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.". "If you just asked him, he'd tell you. Subscribe and you'll know every time we have a new post. Boy, hes the complete opposite to me. But if I couldnt fight I would still not be fighting. Ali dominated the fight and won the bout through a unanimous decision on points. When Im in the ring I dont worry about nobody being that good to really hurt me. I'm the boldest, the prettiest, the most superior, most . In America they got two policemen, five policemen and one car watching each other, each has got a pistol, one has got a machine gun, one got a shotgun and two dogs growling at each other. Beyond just shooting out quotable lines, these moments showcase why Ali was such a great speaker his conviction when laying out his arguments made it very difficult to doubt him. June 29, . Variant transcription: Who would have thought, when they came to the fight. But America still dropping bombs. MP: Can we go back to your childhood? God didnt make a mistake making us all like we are. On training, as quoted by Pete Axthelm and Peter Bonventre in "Ali: Born Again!,". That's the funniest joke in the world. I tell you what I really fear. endobj ", "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong. You are as old as you think you are. And its been happening and they never get the ones. oqoL?, 4m$~PVK Do3LlI),)^ XK ?|w6xIt4@<55QRc"c`Wd]*zEyd|!ifh&J|Ztv^8 They drew about 4500 people - the place held about 11,000. MA: I believe in the holy Koran. So you got black people in an all-white country and they dont know nothing about themselves. 00:00. 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. Its real savage. So, like Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just dont take part. Because the people who actually saw the Joe Frazier Muhammad Ali fight, they saw me win at least nine rounds - the people who know boxing. Let me know by voting on our poll below! Four months after the Harvard speech, Ali survived 14 punishing rounds of boxing to defeat Joe Frazier in Manila. What moves him to call me up here?. If my mind can conceive it; and my heart can believe it then I can achieve it. I be on my Big L braggadocios rap shit. I beat people up. He went back to tell Frank he was sorry he didnt bring the title back to America - all that silly stuff. But when one man of popularity can let the world know the problem, he might lose a few dollars himself. And he had Floyd Paterson in his room, he came to Las Vegas and he was singing in a nightclub and saying Floyd was his boy to whoop that old black Muslim. And the angel fruit cake was the white cake and the devil food cake was the chocolate cake. And theyre just so happy to see a black man who will stand up and jeopardise every quart hes got to tell the truth. Soon this will be old news. Thats how they tried to cut off all my brothers in the rest of the world and divide us in America and make other Muslims think that we are not with them. If we were first class wed be driving a Rolls Royce. Copyright 2016 NPR. MP: To lighten it a little but away from the political thing for a while, I saw a picture of you in the paper two days ago cornered by a group of fans, mainly women, in the supermarket. 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. Required fields are marked *. 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Discusses the life of Cassius Clay later known as Muhammad Ali Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index Learning the ropes -- Somebody special -- In training -- Going for the gold -- Training and fighting -- The greatest -- A new direction -- Another kind of fight -- Regaining the title -- The hardest battle Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 42 and died in 2016 at the age of 74. Download. xY[o~7I@^I We are happy to announce that we are now part of the ThreeSixtyEight family. A lot of Catholics want to marry Catholics because the want their religion to stay the same. Not black Muslim. Or a great man will be assassinated. And when we land, would I be able to get my life raft out? And when you say integration, that comes with a marriage too, right? MP: Were you in a gang as a kid - were you running with a gang? I never heard that before I got to England - seriously, I never heard this before. And I never could. The Viet Cong are not all bad. If you knew it was God calling you would fight for God. I dont wish for nothing like that but I feel that things are too quiet. We had 11,000 at the supermarket the other day in Birmingham. MP: Theres talk of a rematch with Frazier and anyone who saw the first fight Im sure theyll want to see because it was a great fights - one of the best Ive ever seen. Tony Galento was a little heavy-set fella who hit real hard to the body. When really theyre not happy because she got some Puerto Rican music, hes got him some Chinese music and theyre going to be clashing all the time. It's just a job. MA: Yeah. He got him a big band to travel the world with his new title thinking that hes gonna sell em all out. But hes helping millions. More. MA: Let me tell you, when I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and Im struggling with a freedom fight against nations, you cant get enough hate in you to be mad at one man just because its a boxing match. 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