:12:00
This is no Hollywood set,
this is real.
:12:02
Hollywood set up these scenes,
:12:04
have somebody in the movies
playing his life.
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We don't pick up a script.
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We get up in the morning,
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sometimes we feel good,
sometimes bad,
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but we go through it with feeling.
:12:16
'Muhammad Ali's a prophet, he gonna
be a fisherman for Elijah Muhammad.
:12:20
'This is only a stop, look and
listen sign he's doing, fighting.'
:12:25
We been fightin' ever since we met.
:12:28
We beat Uncle Sam, come out
of the garage and beat number two.
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First man ever did it. Rest of 'em
they put out of the country.
:12:39
'This is God's act,
we just actors in it.
:12:42
'If Jesus was here
everybody'd want his autograph
:12:45
'and they'd be filming him.
:12:47
'This is a sport,
that's why you walking, talk to him.'
:12:51
I think Muhammad is a prophet.
How you gonna beat God's son?
:12:55
Anybody who loves poor people
and little people gotta be a prophet.
:12:59
He was champion of the world,
had a table full of food.
:13:02
Had a house for his mother, one for
him and he told 'em to shove it.
:13:06
If he couldn't love his god,
what do you think he is...mister?
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(Boxers sparring and crowd shouting)
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(Applause)
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(Mailer) 'Ali trained for the Foreman
fight at Deer Lake, Pennsylvania.
:13:29
'He trained very hard
for that fight,
:13:32
'and had very good sparring partners.
:13:34
'Larry Holmes was one of them.
:13:36
'I was struck with how well
he actually handled Ali
:13:41
'in their sparring sessions.
:13:43
'He dominated Ali.
That wasn't uncommon.
:13:46
'Ali would often not show his best
stuff with sparring partners,
:13:51
'but would work on his weaknesses.
:13:53
'He'd go against the ropes
and let people pummel him,
:13:56
'very heavy hitters,
he'd let them bang away at him.
:13:59
'As if he was training his body to
receive these messages of punishment