Be on time, then. Don't be too slow. Women is always late. Especially you colored girls.

— (Muhammad Ali)

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

You can hear this line at 00:33:50.813 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, my name is Ruby Sanderson.

- Hold it. Repeat that.

- Ruby Sanderson.

- I live at 411 South Poinsettia.

- Mmm-hmm. 411.

- But I've already got a date.

- Oh! Well, whoever it is, he can't be as nice as me. The sucker can't be as pretty as me. So, why don't you find some way to just drop him and cancel that date tonight?

- Are you asking me to?

- Then that's what it takes!

- Out of sight.

- Well, look, what time, 8 o'clock?

- 8 o'clock it is.

- And be pretty.

- 'Cause I will be pretty.

- You are fine.

- All right. See you later.

- Be on time, then. Don't be too slow. Women is always late. Especially you colored girls.

- What Jackie Robinson was really saying was, if you give me a place on your team, I'll show you what a nice fellow I am.

- Just a regular human being like everybody else, only my skin is kind of funny, but before long, you won't even notice that.

- That's what happened, because we have more black players now than ever.

- If you keep on depending on the goodness of the man's heart, second base from the Dodgers is as far as you'll ever get.

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