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Hold it, hold it. First things first. Now, listen, let's get it straight. Just don't forget it now. Sonny Liston was supposed to destroy me.

10 seconds sound clip from the The Greatest (1977) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:43:57.920 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I doubt if Liston can continue. And if he cannot, there will be a new champion. No, Sonny Liston cannot continue. And Cassius Clay is the champion by a knockout, as Liston cannot come out for the seventh round.

- Clay does a victory dance. His handlers are jubilant. They're picking him up. The crowd is going wild.

- Cassius Clay, the heavyweight champion of the world and a beaten-up Sonny Liston.

- I am the greatest!

- When did you know he wasn't coming back, Champ?

- Hold it, hold it. First things first. Now, listen, let's get it straight. Just don't forget it now. Sonny Liston was supposed to destroy me.

- How wrong all of you were. And you got to admit it. You got to all bow and tell me that I'm the greatest.

- That's right, champ. That's right.

- I have another announcement I have to make.

- The name Clay, Cassius Clay, my name is no longer Cassius Clay.

- That's right. You heard the rumors. I am a Muslim. That's my religion now. My religion is Islam.

- And the Honorable Elijah Muhammad has named me Muhammad Ali.

[...]

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Attention, the true heavyweight champion is here!
The Greatest (1977) Sound Clip

The Greatest (1977) posterSound clips of the most memorable quotes from the 1977 biographical sports film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine (Angelo Dundee),Paul Winfield (Mr. Eskridge), James Earl Jones (Malcolm X), Drew Bundini Brown

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