Muhammad Ali Quotes
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America don't have no future! America's going to be destroyed! Allah's going to divinely chastise America! Violence, crimes, earthquakes - there's gonna be all kinds of trouble. America's going to pay for all its lynchings and killings of slaves and what it's done to black people.
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The sun is always shining someplace.
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It's possible for the heavyweight champion of the world to be with one woman.
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I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.
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There's nothing stressful about turning 50 except people reminding you about it.
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The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.… If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.
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I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.
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People sold everything - their cars, their land for miles, to come in and see me beat. I went to the bank laughing every time.
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Some people have special resources inside, and when God blesses you to have more than others, you have a responsibility to use it right.
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Joe Frazier is ugly. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class, he cannot talk.
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I still looked the same - I had a swollen jaw.
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Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh in before Cassius wins his first title and changes his name to Muhammad Ali.
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There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.
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Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish.
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The word 'Islam' means 'peace.' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God.' But the press makes us seem like haters.
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Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
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The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
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I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.
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Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.
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All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.
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I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history.
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I can love freedom and the flesh and blood of my people moreso than I do the money.
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I was always at the gymnasium every day at six o'clock after school. In the mornings I would run, looking forward to future golden gloves and Olympic tournaments.
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Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight.