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You know what I say, I say, “Fuck the ''Times''.” They gave Clay no chance | You know what I say, I say, “Fuck the ''Times''.” They gave Clay no chance | ||
against Big Bad Sonny Liston, and four years later the “meanest, toughest” {{pg|506|507}} | against Big Bad Sonny Liston, and four years later the “meanest, toughest” {{pg|506|507}} champ the ''Times'' ever saw dropped dead while tying his shoes and Muhammad built a Temple for Elijah M. So much for the sports writers. | ||
But there are a few people who understand. Teddy White will be in my corner and Senator Proxmire at ringside. ''The Realist'' and the L.A. ''Free Press'' have picked me. The DAR sent a fruit basket. Outside the literary crowd I’m actually well liked. Cesar Chavez and the migrants from South Texas are coming up to cheer for me and my friend Ira from Minneapolis and the whole English department of my school. All the Democratic Presidential candidates sent telegrams; so did Bill Buckley, Mayor Beame, Gore Vidal, Irving Wallace, John Ehrlichman, and Herman Kahn. . . . All I can say is, when the time comes boys, I’ll be ready, just watch. | |||
{{Review}} | {{Review}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Inside Norman Mailer}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Inside Norman Mailer}} | ||
[[Category:Short Stories (MR)]] | [[Category:Short Stories (MR)]] | ||