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Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.
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Learn to sell and you'll never starve
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Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.
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Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
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If you don't dream, you might as well be dead.
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I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.
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I didn't love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else. So when I was a teen I reached out in a wrong way. I started to be a mugger, to rob people in the streets, just to supply for my needs.
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I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, "This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for". No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.
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There ain't nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. It's more exciting than looking down a cliff.
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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
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Sometimes God gives instructions that go against conventional wisdom, such as treating people kindly when they're hateful. Who really wants to do that? Instructions like that may not always make sense, so that's why I need to trust and obey the One who inspired them.
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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Before a fight between Riddick Bowe and Hector Gonzales: Generally when there's a lot of smoke . . . there's just a whole lot more smoke.
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There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.
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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong.
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The world is full of people who want to play it safe, people who have tremendous potential but never use it. Somewhere deep inside them, they know that they could do more in life, be more, and have more -- if only they were willing to take a few risks.
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Klitschko has had a good career. A lot of his fights have been out of the country as though he hasn't even been invited into the real heavyweight picture in the United States. He's a good fighter. You can't talk about him unless you can beat him and it doesn't seem that there's anyone around who can truly beat him.
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Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.