I Am Ali Page #12

So,

you know, and I said, "Oh. "

"I know what you mean,"

you know?

He has this twinkle in his eye

and he has this spirit within

him that's so profound

that people sometimes are moved to

just silence when they see him.

It just makes you more, I think,

cognizant of just the spiritual

side of fame and celebrity.

Not just famous for being famous,

but it makes you wanna know why.

Why he was famous,

why people love him,

the stands that he took,

the controversy.

Everything that he went through,

it's all part of his story

of getting to where he is now.

You know, the ups and the downs

that all makes him who he is.

I'm with him in his

training camp at Deer Lake.

Cold. Freezing cold.

Um, you know, ten degrees outside and

maybe 20 degrees below zero, wind chill.

And he'd say, "Hey, George,

let's go for a walk. "

I said, "What, are you crazy?" "Hey,

George, let's go for a walk!"

I said, "What... " "Hey,

George, let's go for a walk!"

I figure he's got something

he's gotta tell me.

And we go out in the snow

and we're...

Walking in the snow.

We walk about 30, 40 feet and

then he said, "Hey, George. "

I figure, here it comes.

"You know I got the fastest left

hand in the history of boxing. "

And I...

I said, "Yeah, for... fastest

left hand for a heavyweight. "

"No, no, no, every weight class. " I

said, "No, no, whoa, whoa, whoa. "

Willie Pep, lightweight, middleweight.

Sugar Ray Robinson... No, no, no.

"You got the fastest left hand in

the history of boxing heavyweight. "

He said, "Every weight class. "

"You wanna... you wanna

see it?" I said, "Yeah. "

"You wanna see it again?"

I think he's one of the greatest

men of the twentieth century.

One of the great heroes of all time.

Not our time, all time.

The most famous American ever.

To this day.

Ever. Yeah. Worldwide.

I mean, who doesn't know

who Muhammad Ali is?

I remember

the second Joe Frazier fight,

Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Ali beat Joe Frazier very easily.

The next day they have

a press conference,

so we walk from the Essex

House, Central Park East,

all the way down

to Madison Square Garden.

He looked good

and he knew he looked good.

He could look in the mirror.

He'd never seen a mirror he didn't like.

Look in there.

By the time we got

to Madison Square Garden,

there must have been

1,000 people behind us.

As I looked around, I realized

Muhammad Ali was no mere fighter.

He was more than just a fighter.

He was King of the World.

Just another ordinary day

Seven years, same old way

Dying is hard

I can't bear to stay

Just another ordinary day

Seven years, life rots away

And dying is hard

I can't bear to stay

Just another ordinary

Just another ordinary day

Morning comes

and then it takes you away

I had a dream last night. You and

I were together. We're old men.

But we're sitting and we're talking.

"We had some fun. "

And you said, "Gene, you remember?

You remember, Gene?"

Muhammad Ali!

I wish that I had tapes of myself

from when I was this small.

I'm sure most people do, but many

people never think about these things.

Well, thank the Almighty God

Allah that I appreciate life

and I realize how great life is

once we get old and you remember

being back at this age again.

I know it's nice to have a

record of all these things.

It's history conscience. I'm

always thinking about history.

If anyone wondered why me, Muhammad

Ali, is making these tapes,

it's because

history is so beautiful.

At the time we're living life,

we don't realize.

We found our love

On Blueberry Hill

On Blueberry Hill

She was mine

She was mine

Once upon a time

Once upon a time

This is December 6th, 1979,

about 11:
00pm.

Signing off. Goodbye, y'all.

Ooh

I get a feeling

People all around

trying to throw me down

Ooh

I need a re-do

So I took a swing

and spun you around

What do you say, stewardess? You

mean the plane is gonna crash?

Say a prayer?

Recite a Bible verse.

Well,

I don't know no Bible verse.

Just do something religious?

I'll take up a collection.

Son

We got it really going on

You'd better run

Run like the breeze

Ooh

I gotta move

People all around

getting in my way

Ooh

I get naked

I got something to give

Something to say

Son

We got it going on

You'd better run like the breeze

Son

We got it really going on

You'd better run

Run like the breeze

Oh

You'd better run,

you'd better run

Oh

You'd better run

Oh

You'd better run,

you'd better run

Oh, you'd better run

Oh

You'd better run,

you'd better run

Oh

You'd better run

Oh

You'd better run,

you'd better run

Oh, you'd better run

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