Speech at the Waldorf Astoria

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I have wrassled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, I woulda handcuffed lightnin', throw thunder in jail.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic

Boxing

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

Speech at the Waldorf Astoria

Medium

Press conference

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

When We Were Kings. Directed by Leon Gast. Performed by Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Gramercy Pictures, Jan. 1996. Originally a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 17 Sept. 1974, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY, USA.

Fast, fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch was in the bed before the room was dark.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic

Speed and quickness

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

Speech at the Waldorf Astoria

Medium

Press conference

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

When We Were Kings. Directed by Leon Gast. Performed by Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Gramercy Pictures, Jan. 1996. Originally a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 17 Sept. 1974, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY, USA.