When you think about it, it was simple. For me to turn down what I believe in, my people,...
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Ruby Sanderson:
How do you know for sure, when he put it to you, that you would be giving all of this up? Cassius Clay:
When you think about it, it was simple. For me to turn down what I believe in, my people, the black people, just to please white folks, to get this fight. And probably some, 10 or 15 years from now, when I'm no longer fightin', Whitey's got no more use for me, and black people remember what I did and turn their backs on me, then I'm really in trouble
How do you know for sure, when he put it to you, that you would be giving all of this up? Cassius Clay:
When you think about it, it was simple. For me to turn down what I believe in, my people, the black people, just to please white folks, to get this fight. And probably some, 10 or 15 years from now, when I'm no longer fightin', Whitey's got no more use for me, and black people remember what I did and turn their backs on me, then I'm really in trouble
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How do you know for sure when he put it to you
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you'd be giving all this up When you think about it it was simple
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For me to turn down what I believe in and my people
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the black people just to please white folks to get this fight
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In 10 or 15 years when I'm no longer fighting
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and the white has no more use for me and black people remember
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what I did and turn their backs on me then I'm really in trouble
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Movie Summary
Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.
