Muhammad Ali Quotes
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I don't consider myself no attractive man. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - I'm not nothing like that.
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My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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I'm sure no intelligent white person, in his or her right white mind, want black men and women marrying their white sons and daughters and in return introducing their grandchildren to half brown, kinky haired black people.
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My health is in the hands of Allah, who has ways of testing us. Whatever happens, happens. I a'int the greatest - it's Allah. I gave myself a job. I work for God.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.
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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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I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
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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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You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.
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You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.
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My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It's too late for advice.
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Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.
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The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women.
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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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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 didn't even need America, I was so popular outside the country, until the prosecutin' attorney came from Washington, and said, judge, we cannot let this man go to Japan and fight, because they are anti-American.Now, if I want to leave the country, I know how to leave. Tomorrow. Quick. Easy. If I really want to leave. That's not the intention. The intention is to stop me from makin' a livin'. To punish me.
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Elijah Muhammad teaches us the truth of God beautified the planet by separating everybody in different countries for themselves: Chinese in China, English in England, Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico, Ethiopians in Ethiopia, Arabians in Arabia, Egyptians in Egypt, and Americans took that country and stole it away so there's always going to be trouble and chaos.
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Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does.
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I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know.
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Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
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I believe in Allah and in peace. I don't try to move into white neighborhoods... I don’t want to marry a white woman. I was baptized when I was 12, but I didn’t know what I was doing. I’m not a Christian anymore. I know where I’m going and I know the truth and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.
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Islam religion has no color distinction, we are just Muslims.
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Unknown Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.