Quotes by Slam The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed up for a teen poetry slam. Because I loved poetry I said that I'd try it out. Sarah Kay slam trying firsts It's always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience. Serena Williams slam tournaments belts Dude did you come here to lecture or to fight? BRING IT ON." -Slam Dunk Takehiko Inoue slam lectures fighting «12