Look at all I've done for the US. Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me, I really believe this. When I won the World Championship in '72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country. I turned all that around single-handedly, right? But I was useful then because there was the Cold War, right? But now I'm not useful anymore, you see, the Cold War is over, and now they want to wipe me out, steal everything I have, put me in prison, and so on.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims to have improved the US image but feels abandoned now.
- In plain terms
- I made the US look smart but now they want to destroy me.
- What can you take from it?
- Perceived value changes with political context.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you measure your contributions?
Another view
Claims of single-handed impact are often overstated.
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