Muhammad Ali Quotes
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It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
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When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
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I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.
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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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I've got it! I've got it! It'll make front-page headlines around the world. You can have me kidnapped, and then a couple of days before the fight I'll show up again.
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Joe Frazier is ugly. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class, he cannot talk.
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Don't count the days, make the days count.
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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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The Holy Koran, our religious book, teaches us, that we who declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims, do not participate in no wars, in no way, fashion or form, that take the lives of other humans.
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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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All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.
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Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and mules, not humans.
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Black men - one might be the president. Well, America's in too much trouble - I don't want that job now.
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Do not be ashamed to give a little; for to deceive is to give still less.
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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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Home is the place you can go when you're whipped.
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Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.
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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 don't look like no kiwi bird.
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I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.
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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
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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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I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.