Muhammad Ali Quotes

I tell you what I really fear. I fear aeroplanes. When the flight's all right and smooth I'm still thinking, 'what if the engine blow up?' 'What if a fool's got a bomb on it?'

Muhammad Ali

• Fear
• Bomb
• Aeroplanes

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• I tell you what I really fear. I fear aeroplanes. When the flight's all right and smooth I'm still thinking, 'what if the engine blow up?' 'What if a fool's got a bomb on it?'

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • Fear
  • Bomb
  • Aeroplanes