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In probably some 10 or 15 years from now, when I'm no longer fighting, white has got no more use for me, and black people remember what I did, and turn their backs on me, then I'm really in trouble.

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

You can hear this line at 00:39:39.350 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You already said that. Don't run off at the mouth, Cassius. Don't run off at the mouth!

- I'm calling off the fight!

- Oh, man. Well, call the fight off!

- I'm gonna call it off!

- To hell with you!

- At least you get to meet my people two days ahead of time. They weren't coming until Friday.

- Oh, good. I want to meet your mother.

- Yeah, she'd like to meet you, too.

- How do you know for sure, when he put it to you, that you would be giving all this up?

- When you think about it, it was simple. For me to turn down what I believe in, and my people, the black people, just to please white folks to get this fight...

- In probably some 10 or 15 years from now, when I'm no longer fighting, white has got no more use for me, and black people remember what I did, and turn their backs on me, then I'm really in trouble.

- Hey, Cash!

- Yeah?

- Angelo, what's up?

- Mr. McDonnell wants to talk to you.

- Hey, Mr. McDonnell, I'm surprised to see you.

- I thought about what you said about your right to your religious faith. That's part of the basic American principle.

- Thank you.

- We don't want you to say anything until after the fight, if that's all right.

- After the fight, right.

[...]

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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