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Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.
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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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Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.
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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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Learn to sell and you'll never starve
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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 always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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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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I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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If you don't dream, you might as well be dead.
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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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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong.
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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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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.
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These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.
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I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.
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There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.
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They say I don't fight guys unless they're on a respirator. That's incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.
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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.