Muhammad Ali Quotes
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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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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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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
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I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
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If you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat. Thought I'd put them on the spot. I sat down and asked for a meal. The Olympic champion wearing his gold medal. They said, "We don't serve niggers here." I said, "That's okay, I don't eat 'em." But they put me out in the street. So I went down to the river, the Ohio River, and threw my gold medal in it.
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I'm The Greatest, but only in relation to fighting.
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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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When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
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If I kept my mouth shut, because I can make millions, that isn't doing nothing.
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I would say that I put down a lot of the white American culture, and ways, and beliefs.
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I'm going to, not I'm gonna. Talk intelligent.
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There's nothing stressful about turning 50 except people reminding you about it.
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There are two things that are hard to hit and see. That's a spooky ghost and Muhammad Ali.
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You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.
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Do not be ashamed to give a little; for to deceive is to give still less.
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Don't count the days, make the days count.
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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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At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
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I was saying "I'm the greatest" long before I believed it.
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How come the Chinese can go where I can't go in America? Englishmen can come and set up a business in white America and do things I can't do.The Puerto Rican, Hawaiians, just about everybody can do more than black people and are more respected.
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I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.
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No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.
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I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.