Muhammad Ali Press Conference (1963)

Did any sports star give a better, or funnier, press conference than Ali?

I added this to my “Best Press Conference Moments” list (where I include music, politics, business too).

And if you want more Ali, check out my “Best Boxing Documentaries” list (I have 4 Ali documentaries in there and 15 boxing docs overall!

Watch the Muhammad Ali Press Conference (1963)

You can watch it for free on YouTube by clicking the video embed above.

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Release Date: 1963

Basically, I just love his sound bites/quotes in this one. Here are my favorites:

“Kentucky—that state has the fastest women and the prettiest horses.”
“I’ll beat him like he robbed the First National Bank here in Toronto!”
“No, I wasn’t [as confident back then]—I didn’t realize how great I was.”
“I had to defeat 84 different nations, and that thing was so pretty I was afraid somebody would steal it, so I slept with it!”(on his Olympic gold medal)
“I can’t use a knife and fork with those medals—I’m hustling now!”
“I tried football and baseball, but too much competition was in them. But I said, ‘I’ll be the champion of the world!'”
“Ain’t but one world heavyweight champ—he’s the champion of all champions!”
“Was Sugar Ray Robinson as great as me?”(Pauses, then laughs as his trainer says no.)“You’re messing with the greatest in the world!”(challenging George Chuvalo)
“Y’all don’t have no questions? Ain’t nothing you can ask me that I haven’t already answered!”

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Rob Kelly, Chief Maniac, Daily Doc