Not so Ali. He took on the whole world with his "I AM the greatest" and is the greatest trash talker of all time.

Deion going to the College Football HoF comes to mind with this story about "Prime Time"

it's one of several nice little swag moments he had that are recapped @ http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/080609aaa.html

Nov. 5, 1988, Columbia, SC -- National television, naturally, had come to the South Carolina campus to bring the “showdown” between the Gamecocks and Seminoles to everyone. This game may have done as much as any to hang the awful tag of USC being an impossible place to win the big game. The Gamecocks had a swarming defense and their crowd was convinced that they would take the 6-2 Seminoles to the proverbial woodshed given a quarterback named P.T. Willis would get his first career start in the game for an injured Chip Ferguson.

Willis and FSU proved a nightmare for the USC fans packed elbow to elbow. He hit Terry Anthony on a demoralizing 44-yard scoring bomb on the second play of the game and it was off to the races for Florida State. It was 31-0 at the half and newbie Willis took a seat at the end of the third quarter.

It was during this long time out that Deion made even the frustrated home fans laugh. He climbed onto the bench, turned to the partisan yet horrified USC fans and began to yell at the top of his lungs, “Demand your money back, this is ridiculous, you need to leave now and demand a refund.” Embarrassed chuckles turned to guffaws of laughter as folks passed word of what Prime Time was saying. Eventually a teammate handed Deion a cheerleading megaphone so he could implore even more in the crowd.

I’ve never seen so many disheartened fans laughing in my life.

One of the funniest moments in sports perhaps.

I agree that Ali was the greatest trash talker of all time, he even influenced rappers. Ali did cross the line more than once although he talked so much trash before during and after a fight that it was inevitable.

Another favorite moment is when Larry Bird entered the locker room before the All-Star/ 3pt shooting contest and asked the other
players "Who's coming in second?" and went on to win it.

I'm not much of a trash talker in bball, but I feed off of other players trash talking me, helps me focus.

Olbrannon wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:One of my favorite instances of trash talking was by former Bucs coach John Mckay. When asked about his team's execution after a loss McKay answered "I'm in favor of it". I'm a Bucs fan and I still crack up whenever I hear it.

I agree that Ali was the greatest trash talker of all time, he even influenced rappers. Ali did cross the line more than once although he talked so much trash before during and after a fight that it was inevitable.

Another favorite moment is when Larry Bird entered the locker room before the All-Star/ 3pt shooting contest and asked the other
players "Who's coming in second?" and went on to win it.

I'm not much of a trash talker in bball, but I feed off of other players trash talking me, helps me focus.

That was never a good job choice for McKay. He suffered through some tough years in Tampa. Still .... rofl

Unfortunately he had the notoriously cheap Hugh Culverhouse to deal with. McKay made the most out of a bad situation. At least we finally won it all and after some rough years the Bucs have a great young core to build around.