Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in Ali (2001): in 3 of its 18 quotes
A line from Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali [reacting to potential fallout over his comments about the Vietcong]So what? So what? I ain't got to be what nobody else want me to be and I ain't afraid to be what I wanna be.
Can't let you get that second wind which you don't even know is there for you. You want the title? Want to wear the heavyweight crown? Nose broke, jaw smashed, face busted in? You ready for that? Is that you? 'Cause you facing a man who will die before he lets you win.
Sonny Liston, you ain't no champ! You a chump!
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. HAAHHH!!! Rumble, young man, Rumble.
Y'all wanna lose y'all money? Then you bet it on Sonny. [points to him] He know I'm great. [looks back at reporters] He will fall in eight! [taunts] Come on, you big, ugly bear. I'll whup you right now.
