Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. We were robbed of our culture, we were robbed of our true history. If he hits you once, you're asleep for the night. MP: Can we go back to your childhood? Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 42 and died in 2016 at the age of 74. Muhammad Ali was a true champion in every sense of the word. I always wondered why Tarzan is the King of the Jungle in Africa, he was white. And you cant take no Chinese man and give him no Puerto Rican woman and talking like theyre in love and emotionally in love and physically. He is also often regarded as one of 'the greatest' athletes to have ever existed. They prowl the streets day and night - they shooting, hitting, its crazy. I beat people up. They go down in history for just being athletes. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. "After a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74. It's something Ali's parents taught him as a child, and it's helped him through the biggest challenge of his life: fighting Parkinson's disease. And I was in the rain on my bicycle and I was leaning over listening to a fellows radio in a car. Here he is in all his splendour. 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 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. Then I signed to fight Buster Mathis. So now Im going to forget the 400 years of lynching and killing raping and depriving my people feeding of justice and equality and the lowest of low last respect and Im going to look at two or three white people who are trying to do right and dont see the other million who are trying to kill me? 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. I was always at the gymnasium every day at six oclock after school. Because I have a great insight. MP: Can I ask you, you see your place very clearly as an athlete and this particular dispute weve been talking about. Im flying every day and think, its time for a plane crash. And they say, if you dont get him in round seven I lose my house, I lose my car. No features or nothing distorted, like him. Responding to a press conference question as to whether he was a "card-carrying" member of the. ", "Sometimes I feel a little sad because I can see how some things I said could upset some people. MP: Alright, well you call yourselves a pacifist movement. This is the legend of Cassius Clay, the most beautiful fighter in the world today. He dont say nothing. SUBSCRIBE For More Boxing & MMA Content!Follow Our Other Socials TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fightingcentre Instagram: https://www . Get up and say Elijah Muhammad is wrong when he says they are the devil? Weve got to educate people. Copyright 2023 Big Fish Presentations, All Rights Reserved. Black folks couldnt eat downtown. But he would take his time and had sharp, hard punches. If my mind can conceive it; and my heart can believe it then I can achieve it. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. It was in a magazine. Amazon.com: Muhammad Ali: "I Am the Greatest" (American Rebels): 9780766033818: Micklos, John, . Its an opinion. He was a nice fella. And none of those good white folks can be found to help us. Number one: We dont want to stir up the people. The same people will give me hell if I turn to them and say, lets free my people now. And Im sure no intelligent white person watching this show, in his or her right white mind, want black men and women marrying their white sons and daughters and in return introducing their grandchildren to half brown, kinky haired black people. All this is going through my mind. Its been declared a pacifist movement. June 4, 2016. You saying God made you. Were not trying to take power away or rule anybody - were just trying to get up from under the rulers. I'm the boldest, the prettiest, the most superior, most . Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies aged 74; Follow live reaction and tributes; The fights "To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. But in terms of sports personalities -- or celebrity personalities -- he was on the highest plane. And I understand that the worst people in England at a time were ran to America, for some reason. Betting against me is completely absurd. I fought Jerry Quarry, gave him a chance. And when you say integration, that comes with a marriage too, right? Thousands of people lined the streets of Louisville, Ky., today to pay respects to boxer Muhammad Ali. But America still dropping bombs. But weve been there 600 years and there aint no peace between black and whites because the cultures are different - like the Chinese and Mexicans cannot integrate: the music is different, the eating is different. We got white Muslims, brown Muslims, yellow Muslims, tan Muslims, red Muslims and black muslims - were the same all over. How do you feel about Hitler sharing yours? I have no racial problems, I dont go where Im not wanted. Three bouts. What about other black athletes - in particular Floyd Paterson. And the punch lifts Frazier clean out of the ring. A gold medalist at the 1960 Olympics, he won the . 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. Our team is always happy in helping you deliver an experience. And I just cant see myself with a man on the ropes and just to prove how bad I am - and I see in his eyes, his head, hes hopeless - and Im just deliberately hitting. MA: If a man dreamed to be, they better wake up and apologise. And Dempsey was more of a wild, rough fighter - a little like Marciano. We are happy to announce that we are now part of the ThreeSixtyEight family. "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 . Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. He knocked me down in the fifteenth round. Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? I went to the bank laughing every time. Muhammad Ali turns 70 today and the boxing legend has his fair share of memorable quotes. Put your money where your mouse is. He might lose his life. 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. I mean, Im proud, and Islam did it. Said they were going to slice the guards face but there was no guards face sliced - they just wanted to kill back people. The fight was held in the African nation of Zaire; it was insensitively called the "rumble in the jungle." That wed see the launching of a coloured satellite. When I came to the stage on election night to give my acceptance speech[, a]fter thanking my supporters, I'd said this: (At the time of the episode's airing, Muhammad Ali was known as Cassius Clay, so the use of the fighter's name is likely a coincidence even though the two later appeared together in the comic book. Last night I had a dream, When I got to Africa, A poem about Foreman and the "Rumble in the Jungle" match (1974), Comment prior to the "Rumble in the Jungle" (30 October 1974), as documented in. You've been unconscious for about 8 years if you're 30 years old.". Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? It was on in every bar in America, even traffic stilled. MP: Whether you want it or not, you are. 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. He took one quart of laughter, one pinch of concern, and then, he mixed willingness with happiness. endobj I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age. I was just joking - I heard hes a pretty good upcomer. But Elijah Muhammad has been on record as saying he believes white men are devils. Right after Joe Frazier, while he was still resting, I fought James Ellis. ", "It's just a job. Like when youre in a car, when someones turning corners and youre kinda on the edge and watching. It was written by Gary Belkin, the man behind Ali's spoken-word album I Am the Greatest (1963). Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. He was still known as Cassius Clay. I am the greatest!" somehow still rings more infectious than off-putting. What they mad about? While Alis pre-fight quotes will live through the test of time, dont skip on his speeches outside the ring. Whys he so nice to me now? And the Africans have been there for centuries and they cant talk to the animals. I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. The most powerful military country in the world, America - which makes all the guns, all the machinery, all the bullets - taught us how to shoot the guns. <> Few would argue if I call him unique. I never heard that before I got to England - seriously, I never heard this before. "Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on . Ali first met Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad 's chief disciple at the time in Detroit in 1962. The key thing to remember about the worlds captivation with Ali is that he truly fought for the world and not himself. 3 0 obj Alright, well, this glass can't make itself. 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. Muhammad Ali and Rudie Lubbers fought a twelve-round boxing match in Jakarta on October 20, 1973. MA: Yeah. MA: Well I wrote about this Africa prison killing the other day. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. And he was on course to fight Sonny Liston for the world heavyweight championship. I must be the greatest. I ask questions, Ill go out, travel these countries, Ill watch how their people live, and I learn. He's doomed. Come over and say hello! Nobody. ", "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong. I was 21 years old, I was the Olympic champion but I hadnt started talking yet. That's the funniest joke in the world. There is a characteristic mischievous pungency to Ali's remark, yet it also expresses a widely held sentiment. So number one comes freedom first for my people and equality. Just thing about ten hundred people - that makes me nervous. but we wanted to dig deeper into some of his most inspirational speaking moments. Olympic champion. Because you said to me Frazier was under intensive treatment. That will be more important than Ali losing. Response to the question, "What would you like people to think about you when you've gone?" 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. The nigger needs to go over." And Jack Johnson had this great boxer style. Voila! But I said to myself, 'Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion'. 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. 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! [4] 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. Now we will fight, but we will not go looking to start one. And that brought us back to his spoken word album he made in 1963, "I Am The Greatest." 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. Now Ali lands to the right. So I can beat Joe Frazier singing. Introduction. Hes got family, hes got children. 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. And what am I going to tell you? ALI: And as you lie on the floor while the ref counts 10, you pray that you won't have to fight me again. Because he was brainwashed by the establishment. We should have more intelligence than them, right? Sellin' out shows, I'm on that . I would say to my mother, Momma? Muhammad Ali delivered an epic victory speech after he beat George Foreman to regain the world heavyweight titles in October 1974. I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. So you got black people in an all-white country and they dont know nothing about themselves. MA : Right, its different to others who have lost - or so called lost - the titles and others would say have gone downhill slightly. No I dont pay it attention. So I kept working until I did it. He made all of us. 00:00. I said, Man, I know Im going to get my people freedom. Muhammad Ali. They caused many people to laugh, some to cringe. And he ran off the show. And I was so nervous and thought, boy, he sure talks a lot. But I made a good living speaking in colleges. ALI: Then someone with color - someone with dash - brought fight fans running with cash. It was the first of four TV interviews he did with the chat show veteran in 1974, 1975 and 1981 - but the studio chat on October 17, 45 years ago remains the most iconic, as entertaining as it was shocking. Im getting more praise and credit for doing what Im doing now on this show than coming here and beating five of your English champions. I just won the gold medal and I couldnt eat downtown. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was the bad luck. And they always say precautions should be taken and talk about how gloves should be bigger and fighters should wear face protection. Before his fight with Archie Moore (1962), as quoted in. But I still looked the same - I had a swollen jaw. . MA: There wont be on our part. I hated every minute of it. Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), the deposed world heavyweight boxing champion, told an anti-war rally at the University of Chicago on May 11, 1967 that there is a difference between fighting in the ring and fighting in Vietnam. 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. ALI: This kid's got a left. 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. An illustration of text ellipses. Only Tarzan can talk to the animals. It was released by CBS Columbia . I have to help the dope and prostitution problem. He put in a book how bad he felt that he had let down Frank Sinatra. MA: Its a little bit of showbiz and helps the crowd. A powerpoint that gives important parts of Muhammad Ali's history and influnce on others. 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. Then slavery came and calls of aggression. Instead of making the audience hear about his plans of retirement, he turned the moment into a teaching moment on the things that truly mattered to him. I don't have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty-two years old. MP: You mentioned earlier the fear that you have, and every fighter must have it, of getting his face messed in. 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. He no way like me. In The Greatest: My Own Story, Ali says, "It's the . I was told your budget was kinda low and you dont pay too much. MA: Its Just Muslim. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 18:34. But the white people of that time, if one had five slaves and his name was Jones, they would be called Jones property. He got him a big band to travel the world with his new title thinking that hes gonna sell em all out. If you knew it was God calling you would fight for God. Boy, hes the complete opposite to me. Oh no. Sometimes I feel a lot of things but I keep it in. Download. Mainly he talks about the American white man. A lot of Catholics want to marry Catholics because the want their religion to stay the same. Grease that skillet. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay in Louisville, Kentucky. I don't want to marry a white woman. No sir. I came on after him and he was talking about, I am the prettiest wrestler. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - Im not nothing like that. I never wanted to lose, never thought I would, but the thing that matters is how you lose. The average I hit him was four times to every one he hit me. Our team is always happy in helping you deliver an experience. 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. MA: Black and whites, how? Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey. I'm retiring because there are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. For you all may go home after round four. And from then on Ive been writing a few more poems and Ive just completed a few more poems. My name is known in Serbia, Pakistan, Morocco. I beat people up. And Id have whooped the world for America. At a press conference before Ali vs. Frazier 1: I predict that when i meet Joe Frazier. And you say to youself, boy, I could have got the train. Muhammad Ali. The buzzard like to fly in the desert. muhammad ali i am the greatest speech transcriptlist of alberta feedlots. 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 . But he also insisted a Muslim woman should be covered from head to toe. ", "I may not talk perfect white talk-type English but I give you wisdom. 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. Its really silly, when you think about fighting. Gene Tunney was a great. Cassius Clay can sing, but singing didnt help him to become the heavyweight champion of the world; swinging helped him become the heavyweight champion. Oh, yeah, he's a big dude and he hits hard, you know, I'll call him what he wants. 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. Theres people dancing on a ship. I be on my Big L braggadocios rap shit. Ali gained worldwide attention in 1960 when, at the age . Id rather be reading to my own: I have a beautiful daughter, beautiful wife. Impossible is potential. So when you ask God for a gift, be thankful if sends not diamonds, pearls or riches but the love of real true friends. How theyve been taught to love white and hate black, how weve been robbed of our names in slavery. Remaining Time -0:00. MP: Yes, I was going to ask you about what attracted you to leave to the Muslim faith. This kid's got a right. And its always two or three in a row. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them various things or to give them dignity, pride and self-help. Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. Clay is a good enough fighter, but it's unfortunate that he's a. And this is serious. Because they were kinda dangerous. I really do. And when I get it out, will a shark come and bust the thing? RIP, We will miss you. Islam means peace, I couldn't just sit home and watch people label Muslims as the reason for this problem. Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. He is the Devil! One fella stood up, looked at him and said, boy, he needs a good whoopin. And he reached over and took a keg of beer out of a mans hand and threw it in the mans face. Why couldnt I have pretty cars and good money and nice homes now? MA: It happened one night when I heard Rocky Marciano - 1954 or 53 - he had beaten Walcott or somebody. Great speakers today use the same tactic to find success present whats in it for the world, and you will be a champion in your own industry. Thank for inspiration us Champ and empowering the people everywhere. The Viet Cong are not all bad. I must be the greatest. 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. Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head. Impossible is not a declaration. MA: Mostly by Rolls Royce. Tony Galento was a little heavy-set fella who hit real hard to the body. ", "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. A character, a comedian, and a sometimes poet. NmQ,#6J;qV7j}y What did I do? Keeps them out of trouble. I dont do that. I dont have no trouble like that. And the first thing they ask me is, why do you call yourselves black Muslims?. Look at my beautiful blond hair. Later I found out that this man worked for the show. The government wanted him to change jobs. Englishmen can come and set up a business in white America and do things I cant do. MUHAMMAD ALI: Well, I knew to draw money to make people, the, or the rich people, meaning the White people at the time who could buy ring side seats. Not for my freedom. Muhammad Ali died Friday at age 74. Read more:Muhammad Ali had a 50 year love affair with Britain and he always felt like one of us. I'm pretty. mRCLjQp2W;O3Z m0LX`zX_>/sc`z(Xi 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? This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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